San Antonio, Texas
Largest Virgin Mary Mosaic in the World
The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.
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San Antonio, Texas
The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.
Tokyo, Japan
A railway station takeout shop sells boxed meals in containers shaped like trains and snowmen that hold the country’s abundant regional delicacies.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.
Hakone, Japan
Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.
Sapporo, Japan
The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.
Tokyo, Japan
Colloquially known as “piss alley,” this narrow street filled with tiny bars and barbecue stands looks like it was pulled straight out of “Blade Runner.”
Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Longyearbyen, Norway
The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.
Stavanger, Norway
A former factory now pays tribute to a local industry fueled by sardines.
Lindesnes, Norway
The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.
Memphis, Tennessee
This homegrown adoption center offers a wonderland of feline companionship.
Paris, France
Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.
Lendalfoot, Scotland
Near this coastal cave stands a small memorial to the hermit who made it his home for three decades.
Treigny, France
Despite centuries of architectural innovation, this French castle is being built like it's the 13th century.
Beine, France
View one man's eccentric collection of nearly 5,000 corkscrews, then sip some Chablis.
Dicy, France
A small world of mechanical magic and metal merry-go-rounds in an outsider art museum.
Memphis, Tennessee
Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.
Memphis, Tennessee
The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Memphis, Tennessee
This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.
San Francisco, California
San Franciscans leave gifts and messages for the magical beings that live behind the tiny, mysterious door installed on a tree in Golden Gate Park.
Portland, Oregon
A tiny art gallery in Sunnyside helps keep Portland weird.
Memphis, Tennessee
Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.
Memphis, Tennessee
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.