Sidle into a side alley for a taste of sumo wrestlers' traditional hot-pot soup, in a tiny restaurant founded by a former competitor.

Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.

This synagogue is covered in beautiful mosaics that explore the history of the Jewish people.

This magnificent, quirky home sits atop a literal gold mine in the middle of the Nevada desert.

One of the world's largest murals covers a large swath of homes in its hillside neighborhood.

Named for the biblical warrior, the largest castle in Israel actually dates to the Middle Ages.

Get buzzed beholding one of the world's largest coffee-machine collections, then step into the café for a specially brewed cup.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.

This stop on the Camino de Santiago stands high above the underwater ruins of a medieval town.

The storied steakhouse is the last in a long line of Lebanese-owned supper clubs in Tulsa.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

The oldest candy store in the world has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

Visitors to this Kentucky homestead turned museum are immediately transported back to the Antebellum south.

The largest refracting telescope in Europe is housed on the grounds of a former French castle.

What happens when a chef with indigenous roots takes over a hotel-restaurant?

The longest manmade tunnel in Queensland is now a beautiful trail, home to a special colony of bent-wing bats.

Two standing giants remain as a tribute to Luxembourg's metallurgical past.

Blowtorches, tuna, and a jolly, chain-smoking proprietor mark this beloved street-food stand.

The people of Padua pledged to construct this church if the city was spared from destruction during World War I.

The Gunditjmara Aboriginal people of Australia began construction on this vast aquacultural complex 6,600 years ago.

The former home of Dutch anthropologist Bert Flint now houses a collection of Berber art and artifacts.