One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

This zombie-themed restaurant stands out in the heart of corn country.

In a shopping arcade, a modernized temple deeply tied to feudal Japan’s prominent warlords.