An extraordinary house museum and cabinet of curiosities in the heart of Florence.

As can be expected from a centuries old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

A historic hotel that made a cameo in Hitchcock's classic film has no intention of letting guests forget its fame.

The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into...we can't find the words.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

This shrine dedicated to a legendary swordsman has become a pilgrimage site for the ill and infirmed.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.

A beautiful, dense forest in the shadow of Mount Fuji, with a tragic reputation.

The magical, mossy forest that inspired Princess Mononoke.

Japanese national treasure originally built in 593 CE.

A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.

Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.

A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

China's beehive-shaped pyramids house the remains of a lost kingdom.

Where the Great Wall of China meets the sea.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.