"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.

Pivotal home of Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda.

This historic Chilean cemetery is the burial place of hundreds of European and American freethinkers and non-Catholics.

This dazzling three-story shop showcases the art and history of music boxes, a popular novelty in Japan.

Devoted Buddhists can earn enlightenment in the next life by crawling through this symbolic nostril.

This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.

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

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

Japan's largest and oldest annual procession of floats, begun in 869.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

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

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

More than 300 years old, Kyoto's historic "teahouse" still operates as an invitation-only geisha club.

This kitsch-forward diner is dedicated to an almost-forgotten “one-cent” prototype of okonomiyaki.

The groundbreaking Japanese shrine maiden who invented the art of kabuki.

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

Although damaged beyond recognition, this stone god is still said to bring good luck to those who tap on him with a pebble.

An enormous pair of straw sandals woven in the traditional way—to keep demons at bay.

Steampunk, humanoid sculptures crawl on all fours in a Tokyo plaza.