The largest and oldest brick pagoda in Korea.

This school was constructed in memory of Korean Confucian scholar Yi Hwang.

Visiting this grotto is symbolic of a spiritual journey into Nirvana.

This grand temple complex from the Old Silla era of Korea is home to a stone pagoda that was build in the 7th century.

All that remains of an ancient royal palace is a water channel that was used for drinking games.

The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.

About as hidden as can be, this specialty coffee shop is wedged between multi-story buildings at the end of a dark, skinny alleyway in Seoul.

Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.

Every dish at this restaurant claims to have a health benefit.

In its continuing quest to recreate famous parts of the world in miniature, China now has its own ghost Paris.

It seems that the residents of of this megalopolis suddenly vanished, but they were never actually there.

270 million year-old forest of stone.

The Devil’s own choice when he needs a drink in Brussels.

The home where the first Premier of the People's Republic of China worked and lived.

The birthplace of modern China.

A memorial to those who died at the hands of the Kuomintang while fighting for communism in China.

A labyrinth of clothing, electronics, and other counterfeit items.

The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

The former headquarters of history's oldest megacorporation.

One of Amsterdam's narrowest houses is located right across the canal from its widest.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.

Established in 1638 to battle the Black Death, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam is a treasure trove of rare flora.