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A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.

The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

A hidden yellow shack full of made-to-order Puerto Rican delights.

A pan-Latin bistro where the world comes together over homemade sandwiches and a cup of coffee.

Juicy Argentinian empanadas so good they’re worth a stain or two

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

Fully ignoring any conventions of fine dining, chef Peter Vazquez turns out some of the best meals in the city in takeaway containers.

This colorful New Orleans bookstore features rare and used titles, with a specialty in Cajun fare.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

A unique post-modern public space in the middle of the Warehouse District in New Orleans.

This 45-story tall abandoned skyscraper is the third tallest building in New Orleans and Lousiana.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

Southern comfort food is on the menu at this neighborhood favorite.

The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

This hidden stone has absorbed decades of human anxiety.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.