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An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.

An unusual and beautiful form of mass transit serves the city's steepest neighborhoods.

Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the Earth's surface.

An ancient city hidden in the heart of the Sierra Nevada mountains.

A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.

The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Get hands on with the technological marvels of the Classical world.

A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.

Seasonal, Pacific Northwest cuisine served in a 101 year old firehouse.

The Denny Substation has been called "the coolest substation in the world" and sits in a densely populated Seattle neighborhood.

In this subterranean brick arcade, a small shop continues the ancient practice of bookbinding.

Always a new use for this old building.

One of the only cooperatively owned bars in the nation wears its eclectic history on its walls.

This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

A (slightly) grownup take on the classic retro arcade.

Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.