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On a small Slovenian island, diners can mix and match a classic cake into dozens of sweet and savory flavor combinations.

This small Slovenian town has become a magnet for microbreweries.

Nibble as you learn about Slovenia's longstanding tradition of making beautiful honey cookies.

Workers have collected salt here in a process virtually unchanged since the Middle Ages.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A street in front of NASA's D.C. headquarters has been named in honor of the Black women who were essential to early spaceflight.

This lovely pocket park is one of the most under appreciated in D.C.

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

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

To find the final resting place of a golf legend, just look for the grave covered in golf balls.

For the last eight decades, this curious shop has been ridding Atlanta of bad juju.

One of the only remaining vestiges of baseball's Negro Leagues in Atlanta.

While The Dick Lane Velodrome is Atlanta’s official home of track cycling and Georgia's only velodrome, many are unfamiliar with this community gem.

This hidden stone has absorbed decades of human anxiety.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

A historic gristmill that still produces flour and grits the old-fashioned way.

The scant remains of this flooded historic village can be explored in one of the most remote areas of the Great Smokies.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

Turns out fishing with dynamite isn't all that safe.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.