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

Secret refuge and museum of the Duke of Florence.

The graveyard is filled with beautiful funerary art and boasts breathtaking views of Florence.

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

This unusual lava tube spouts seawater during high surf.

This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.

Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.

With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.

This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.

The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.

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

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

This tiny museum immortalizes the birthplace of an iconic Chinese-Korean noodle dish.

A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.

Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.

The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.

South Korea's women of the sea have completely flipped their society's structure by becoming revered fisherwomen.

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.