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The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

In the heart of Brigham Young's promised land sits a festering plot of industrial ruin that has been claimed by society's outcasts.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

One man’s obsessive, 30-plus-year quest is behind the pies at this spot on the Lower East Side.

New York's transit system peddles terrible food in limited windows—this restaurant is a rare exception.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

Chef Lisa Nelson serves up sensational doubles, jerk chicken, and other Trinidadian staples.

This free sculpture garden is home to over 90 artworks and installations from artists around the world.

Since 1929, this institution has been serving one of the most celebrated po’ boys in New Orleans.

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

Rise early for Kaitlin Guerin’s coveted sweet and savory pastries.

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

The last surviving bastion of the Baquet restaurant empire serves up superb soul food.

Dine on Isan-style specialties lovingly rendered in all their fiery, umami-loaded glory.

Feast on twice-cooked goat with plantains and other Haitian street food dishes.

Chef Serigne Mbaye weaves stories through his carefully composed modern Senegalese tasting menus.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

Long before ultrasounds and modern testing, medical specimens like these conjoined twins helped physicians learn about congenital anomalies.

Five restored historic road bridges in a park along the Kalamazoo River.

Full-sized barn houses many restored instruments.

It's gunky, it's gross, and it's been freed from the sewer and put on display.