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Now home to nothing but a weather station and a landing strip, a group of enslaved people were marooned on this tiny island for 15 years.

Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.

Spanish religion mixed with local architecture has yielded a network of churches unlike any other.

A wooden dock art installation on Chiloé Island taps into the island's indigenous mythology.

Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

Haunted Victorian house that inspired a legendary "Ghostbusters" court ruling.

Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

The frozen treats at this Cape Town parlor are inspired by Africa's food cultures.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

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

This park boasts a unusual collection of curious monuments from around the world, from Micronesia to Antarctica.