Plancherine, France
Tamié Abbey
At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.
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Plancherine, France
At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Boston, Massachusetts
This historic patch of real estate offers a glimpse of colonial Boston.
West, Texas
Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.
Chinle, Arizona
Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.
Èze, France
This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.
Incline Village, Nevada
A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.
Devon, England
This trail follows unique stone railroad tracks and a historic waterway to the south coast of Devon.
Keld, England
A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.
Menlo Park, California
A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.
Labruge, Portugal
Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.
Federal Way, Washington
This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.
Portland, Oregon
Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.
Abang, Indonesia
Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.
L'Alt Empordà, Spain
At the foot of a waterfall lies a peaceful swimming lagoon and evidence of over 60,000 years of human habitation.
Apia, Samoa
The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.
Studenci, Bosnia and Herzegovina
There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.
Vila Franca Do Campo, Portugal
A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.
Inzá, Colombia
This collection of ancient, mountaintop, underground tombs was once hidden by decades of bloodshed.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Verzy, France
Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.
Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg
Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.
San Francisco, California
The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.