The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.

This Art-Deco movie palace is the oldest independent cinema in Atlanta.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

This "living building" on Georgia Tech's campus is home to a blueberry orchard, honeybees, and more than 900 solar panels.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.

One of the world’s largest collections of paper memorabilia chronicles 4,000 years of papermaking.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

Padre Delgado, a leader in the fight for Salvadoran independence, is buried in this stunning Brutalist cathedral.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

Head past the aisles of tropical fruit and imported candy at this bodega to discover a hidden, weekends-only taco stand.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

All of the Malaysian sweets at this shop are made daily with a whole lot of love.

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.

Salute the leader of the proletariat.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Prowl through this sprawling bazaar under a massive Soviet-era dome for delicious eats.

Once a luxurious flagship of the Soviet Union, this Brutalist structure remains a landmark of Tashkent’s communist past.

An underground world of gorgeous, palatial metro stations designed as a nuclear shelter complex.