Tomigusuku, Japan
Naval Underground Headquarters
Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.
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Tomigusuku, Japan
Elaborate series of tunnels where traces of mass suicide are still visible.
Okinawa, Japan
Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.
Motobu, Japan
One of the world's largest tanks mimics the experience of watching rare whale sharks, giant rays, and deep sea creatures from the ocean floor.
Paju, South Korea
A monument to the two U.S. officers killed by North Korean troops while trying to trim a poplar tree.
Seoul, South Korea
A remnant of Korea's colonial past lies forgotten in a hip neighborhood in Seoul.
Busan, South Korea
The 400-year-old remains of the samurai invasion of Korea.
Gangneung, South Korea
The world's first cruise ship-shaped hotel is perched atop a cliff.
Gyeongju, South Korea
This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.
Seoul, South Korea
Tracking the 1,500-year history of Korea's star cabbage.
Paju, South Korea
Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.
Cebu City, Philippines
This holy site either displays a centuries-old cross or a complete fake.
Daraga, Philippines
This belfry is all that remains of the town that was buried by a violent volcano eruption.
Baguio, Philippines
Some locals believe the fabled lost gold of General Yamashida is hiding somewhere beneath the city.
Puerto Princesa, Philippines
Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.
Corella, Philippines
A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.
Talisay City, Philippines
A once great mansion stands in stately ruin.
Philippines
An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.
Alamada, Philippines
This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.
San Pablo City, Philippines
An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.
Hinatuan, Philippines
A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.
Nanwei, Micronesia
The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.
Micronesia
Tropical paradise strewn with hundreds of World War II wrecks.
Apia, Samoa
A museum now occupies the mansion in Samoa where the prolific Scottish writer chose to spend the last years of his life.
French Polynesia
This beautiful eden was once the vacation home of Tahitian royals before Marlon Brando bought it.