The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.

A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.

Hues of distinctive blue to bluish-green color the slopes of these hills.

Volcanic activity causes small pools of super-heated mud to boil furiously.

Come for the springs; stay for the mud bath.

This beautifully verdant lagoon is tucked below a massive volcano in a crater atop a black pebble beach.

A stunning example of traditional salt production set against a dramatic volcanic landscape.

Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

America's oldest Italian restaurant is a San Francisco institution.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."

If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.

Saunter along the banks of one of North Carolina’s wildest rivers

This family-run joint has been going whole hog for nearly 100 years.

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.

Located in a Civil War era building, this café is engrained with the spirit of Edgar Allen Poe.

The oldest café in Montevideo preserves its history as the city's bohemian hub.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.