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Come for the whole sides of slow-roasted lamb, stay for the regional Kurdish specialties.

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.

This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.

The initials "GW" mark where one of Scotland's most important Protestant martyrs was burned at the stake.

Wash down heaping platters of meze with raki at one of the city's best taverns.

This ancient causeway can flood daily, leaving Mersea Island as a true island for hours at a time, and cutting its 7,000 residents off from the mainland.

A monumental toilet that is also host to rare plants.

A mysterious burial crypt that was rediscovered inside a cathedral in Velha Goa.

A historic 18th century transportation interchange where arguments about tolls resulted in a very unusual lock.

The best collection of Mudéjar building replicas gathered in a theme park in Olmedo.

Said to be the largest synagogue built in India.

Stay in an old lookout cabin atop Oregon's spectacular Winter Ridge.

A mini-Stonehenge in the corner of the North Carolina state capitol grounds.

Depending on how it is measured, this lighthouse can claim to be the tallest in Europe and the tallest conventional lighthouse in the world.

This miraculous well is said to heal the sick, grant wishes, and tell the future.

Beneath an ancient wishing tree lies an underground chapel with 12th-century frescoes and catacombs dedicated to a lady saint.

Unwanted and reluctant ownership, Gordon Lamp glimmers faintly and serves as a relic of the bygone Victorian era.

This impressive mural is just one amazing artwork on the walls of a data center in Padua.