Portugal
The Sobreiro Monumental (Monumental Cork Oak)
For more than two centuries, the canopy of this venerable tree has been a haven for songbirds and lovers.
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Portugal
For more than two centuries, the canopy of this venerable tree has been a haven for songbirds and lovers.
Évora, Portugal
"Portugal's Stonehenge" is made up of nut-like stones aligned with the heavens.
Esperança, Portugal
You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.
São Miguel, Portugal
This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.
São Miguel, Portugal
Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.
São Miguel, Portugal
Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.
Vila Franca Do Campo, Portugal
A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.
São Miguel, Portugal
When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.
Takaoka, Japan
This giant bronze Buddha, the third largest in Japan, is the last in an ill-fated series of statues.
Minamiuonuma, Japan
Take a lick of the legendary homemade miso paste that protected this Buddhist temple’s scrolls from a fire centuries ago.
Tatebayashi-shi, Japan
This temple is steeped in local folklore involving a teakettle and a raccoon dog.
Tomioka, Japan
The World Heritage-designated site of Japan’s industrial revolution, once mistaken as a den of vampires.
Osaka, Japan
This temple is home to a group of Buddha statues made from thousands of bones and ashes of the deceased.
Osaka, Japan
Every spring, this walkway outside the Japan Mint turns into a cherry blossom tunnel.
Osaka, Japan
A moss-covered statue of a Japanese Buddhist deity stands at a quiet temple in downtown Osaka.
Hakone, Japan
A group of medieval rock-cut Buddhist statues created to save people from the volcanic hell that surrounds them.
Hakone, Japan
The centuries-old cobblestones of a feudal highway remain in the woods of Hakone.
Woodburn, Oregon
This little slice of the Netherlands in the Pacific Northwest blooms in a rainbow of color each spring.
Sacramento, California
At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.
Monteverde, Costa Rica
A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.
Portland, Oregon
This café is dedicated to serving coffee roasted by Native American-owned companies.
Bend, Oregon
An attractive free-plunge waterfall outside Bend in the Deschutes National Forest.
Bend, Oregon
The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.
Bend, Oregon
The world's last remaining store of its kind.