When California condors were hovering on the brink of extinction, this recovery program was charged with helping the birds thrive again.

Named for a self-taught botanist who cataloged hundreds of native plants, this garden continues her work of preserving California plant life.

This mission, established in 1771, is the most remote of California’s Franciscan missions.

An Oklahoma museum that celebrates the history of the "Mother Road."

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

Explore a wealth of fossils in one of the most prolific dig sites in North America.

The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This Costa Rican chapel is the most metal church in the world, literally.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.

The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

Get in line for Lisbon’s most famous sandwich.

Step back in time at this 19th-century kiosk.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.

This bee-themed family business does more with honey than anyone would think was possible.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

One of the last surviving buildings of a once large and thriving Chinatown.

A simple statue outside a California Amtrak station honors the overlooked contributions of the "silent spikes."