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The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

This Michelin-starred restaurant sheds light on a rare period of cultural and culinary tolerance in Cordoba’s past.

An underground spring in a labyrinthine cave system, decorated with stalagmites and stalactites.

The world's largest wooden structure.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.

A New York–based physician returned home to Spain to build his own elaborate monument to Christopher Columbus.

One of the most spectacular bridges in Spain spans a narrow chasm that divides the city of Ronda.

An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.

The humble fort that saved Washington.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

Every year, over 25,000 monarchs overwinter in Pacific Grove.

This ancient cave is home to a museum, bar, and is filled with fluorescent minerals.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."