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Matthew Taub

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Jaboticaba growing on a branch.

Bundaberg North, Australia

Bundaberg Botanic Gardens

Peanut butter trees and miracle berries are just the beginning.

Providing samples of wild boar ham.

Adelaide, Australia

Something Wild

This store offers tastes of Aboriginal Australia, with some contemporary and global twists.

Robert Johnson's headstone at Little Zion Church.

Greenwood, Mississippi

Robert Johnson's Grave

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

The sign marking Payne Chapel in Quito, Mississippi.

Quito, Mississippi

Robert Johnson's Headstone at Payne Chapel

Though Johnson is not actually buried here, an Atlanta-based band sponsored a headstone for him.

Robert Johnson's cenotaph at Mt. Zion MB Church.

Morgan City, Mississippi

Robert Johnson's Cenotaph

Contrary to popular belief, this memorial does not actually claim to mark the bluesman's grave.

These sockeyes are ready to spawn.

Meats & Animal Products

Okanagan Sockeye Salmon

Around British Columbia's Osoyoos Lake, community efforts have revived the population of a fluorescent fish.

Well hello.

San Francisco, California

Doggie Diner Head

This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.

A map at the Visitors Center lays out student protests across the USA in 1970.

Kent, Ohio

Kent State May 4 Visitors Center

This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.

Detroit-Style Coney Dog Pizza

Prepared Foods

Detroit-Style Coney Dog Pizza

A greasy crossroads of history and culture.

Kentucky Beer Cheese

Ingredients & Condiments

Kentucky Beer Cheese

A match made in heaven (and also Kentucky).

Żubrówka

Drinks

Żubrówka

The same grass that feeds massive European bison adds notes of vanilla and lavender to this unique Polish vodka.

International Pizza Expo

Food Festivals

International Pizza Expo

Where the world's best pizzas face off.

Colcannon with scallions and bacon.

Prepared Foods

Colcannon

A hearty Irish staple that can tell your fortune.

Harry Potter's Grave.

Ramla, Israel

Harry Potter's Grave

This 1939 grave of a British soldier now receives legions of unlikely visitors.

President Obama has become a symbol for a destination that predates him by over 1,000 years.

Unzen-shi, Japan

Obama Onsen

Japan's hottest hot spring has a memorable name.

A cautious frog surveys the scene.

Moss Landing, California

Elkhorn Slough

More than 700 species live within this murky marvel of a swamp on California's coast.

A lot goes into making a little bit of cheese.

Tillamook, Oregon

Tillamook Creamery

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

Some of the museum's diverse collection on display.

Turnhout, Belgium

National Museum of the Playing Card

Relics from as far back as the 16th century are on display in a city known for its playing card industry.

A view of Crescent Beach from Ecola Point.

Cannon Beach, Oregon

Crescent Beach

This gorgeous beach hides behind two headlands in Oregon's Ecola State Park.

An unexpected sight in suburban Philadelphia.

Elkins Park, Pennsylvania

Beth Sholom Congregation

Frank Lloyd Wright built this suburban synagogue late in life, but it stands among his most iconic masterpieces.

These tiny models can include dozens of cannons on a single side.

Oxnard, California

Prisoner of War Bone Model Ships

French prisoners carved these boats from the bones of their meat rations.

Vintage bikes such as this 1941 Schwinn were key to the development of mountain biking.

Fairfax, California

Marin Museum of Bicycling and Mountain Bike Hall of Fame

Centuries of biking history are nestled in the shadow of the birthplace of contemporary mountain biking.

The pools at Leça da Palmeira.

Leça da Palmeira, Portugal

Tidal Pools of Leça da Palmeira

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

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