This historic Art Deco building embellished with local tropical fruits had fallen into disrepair before a recent restoration.

This belfry is all that remains of the town that was buried by a violent volcano eruption.

In her ancestral home, one chef preserves ancient Filipino recipes and serves up traditional, home-cooked food to history-loving foodies.

Five miles of underground river link lake to ocean.

The ruins on a deserted tropical island in the Philippines bear the scars of WWII.

Hidden deep within a Filipino jungle is an incredible waterfall that plunges into a dazzling blue-green pool.

A once great mansion stands in stately ruin.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

A magically clear, blue river that seems to spring from nowhere.

This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.

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.

This curious fresh and salt water lake holds a secret that draws in deep divers from around the world.

Bohol's mysterious brown hills.

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.

A replica of the first seismoscope ever invented.

This theme park presents 5,000 years of Shanghai history and includes a "sunken" exhibition hall.

This former textile district now is now a thriving center for contemporary Chinese art.

These excavated burials from the Tarim Basin are wrapped in mystery.

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.

Be careful not to get trampled at this lively two thousand-year-old market.

The knock-off oil painting capital of the world.

This temple located on a vertical drop of a rocky mountain houses relics from the Song Dynasty.

Thanks to a bit of wordplay, seven auspicious stone cats guard this ancient canalside street.

The world's largest ginkgo tree contains a hollow so large a man once lived in it for two years.