South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.

The crumbling remains of a once-grand building.

This church was transported brick by brick from the ruins of a 16th-century city into Panama City's current historic district.

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

A tree so massive it claims half the road, standing at the intersection of history and folklore.

This lake with an inactive volcano underneath is often said to be bottomless.

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

Only the face remains of this giant Buddha statue, which is said to be a source of luck for students.

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

This garden located inside a bamboo forest once belonged to a famous Japanese actor.

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

A beautiful bamboo trail tucked in this famous Japanese shrine.

An LED art installation composed of 600 poles wrapped in kimono fabric.

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

The infamous 'Incident at Honnō-ji' brought an end to Oda Nobunaga’s attempt to unify a warring Japan.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

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.