Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.

According to myth, there's a bloody explanation for the beautiful bright red color of this rock formation set amidst alpine vegetation.

Cool Soviet-era public sculpture outside the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences on Chuy Ave.

These rugged, color-stained mountains hold the secrets of the Kazakh desert.

A unique interactive bronze sculpture that captures a real-life viral rescue.

Order savory Levantine baked goods with innovative twists at this takeout-only spot.

A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

The Vermont grave of a 4,000-year-old mummy prince.

Lake Champlain Bridge, the recently demolished and rebuilt bridge where they filmed "What Lies Beneath".

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

Restoring faith in humanity one pie at a time by selling stellar baked goods on an honor system.

A gorilla holding a VW Beetle isn't what you'd expect in rural Vermont.

A mountain pass used by Prohibition-era bootleggers to facilitate traffic into and out of Canada from Vermont.

Order the extra snappy, steamed hot dogs at this fourth-generation-run New England diner.

This site commemorates the former inn and restaurant where the chocolate chip cookie was first crafted.

Around 100 sculptures from artists all over the world decorate the hiking trails surrounding this locale.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This rail trail culminates in a three-mile land bridge only accessible to cyclists and pedestrians.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.

Three wooden middle fingers raised in protest.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.