Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

Freddie Mercury's childhood home is now a monument to the iconic Queen rockstar.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

This monument is a stark reminder of the horrors of the Zanzibar slave trade.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.

Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.

This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.

This 400-year-old sweet shop serves a delicacy some have described as "edible incense."

Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

This historic home of the shag is keeping a Southern dance tradition going strong.

Take in some Air Force history—and ogle some beautiful planes—at this little-known park near Myrtle Beach’s seashore.

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Visitors to this museum will discover that kaleidoscopes are much more than toys.

Down this yellow brick road, visitors are treated to toadstool houses and massive mushroom sculptures.

The overgrown ruins of a once thriving World War I-era copper mine.