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Visitors can try all manner of fortified wines here.

Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal

Poças

Sample port and quinine-fortified wine at this fourth-generation winery near Porto.

The memorial, with two seagulls on it.

Rovinj, Croatia

Partisan and Victims of Fascism Memorial

A memorial dedicated to the 29,000 Istrian freedom fighters of World War II.

A blowtorch makes for an exquisitely caramelized crust.
Permanently Closed

Porto, Portugal

Semea

Rabanadas, the Portuguese answer to French toast, are reborn here with a glassy sugar crust and a center as light as whipped cream.

Looking south not far from Caliente.  The paved path to the right of the highway connects Caliente with Kershaw-Ryan State Park and is open to non-motorized traffic.

Etna, Nevada

Meadow Valley Wash

Much of the spectacular canyon followed over a century ago by the Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad is now accessible to cars.

A bizarre dogu monument to glasses.

Nagoya, Japan

Meganenohi (Monument to Eyeglasses)

A replica of an ancient alien-like idol humorously represents spectacles in a corner of this shrine complex.

Inside the bus

Taipei, Taiwan

Jimmy's Moon Bus

Step into this whimsical art installation based on a popular picture book.

The old town of Afyonkarahisar and its namesake: the ancient opium black castle.

Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Afyonkarahisar Castle

This 3,000-year-old “opium black fortress” towers over the ancient town named after it.

Silverare

Weyburn, Saskatchewan

Soo Line Historical Museum

The museum showcases the largest private silver collection in Canada, featuring 3,333 pieces.

The north side is a wonder to behold.

Seattle, Washington

Wall of Misfit Art

A mesmerizing amount of crazy art is attached to the side of this house on Seattle's Phinney Ridge, bringing smiles to those who venture down the driveway to take a look.

Although this braised tripe is of humble origins, it's given the royal treatment here.

Porto, Portugal

Líder

Dine on Porto-style tripe at a restaurant run by the head of a gastronomic brotherhood dedicated to uplifting this humble dish.

With their beautiful designs, the tins make for great souvenirs.

Matosinhos, Portugal

Conservas Pinhais

Sample some of Iberia’s best tinned fish at this century-old cannery just north of Porto.

Þúfa

Reykjavik, Iceland

Þúfa

This earthwork installation sits on a grassy hill, celebrating Iceland's past and present.

Ochobamba.

Chigasaki, Japan

Ochobamba

An old woman cured cholera in the 1820s and now her grave is said to be the city’s most cursed object.

Paisley Five Mile Caves

Paisley, Oregon

Paisley Five Mile Caves

These wave-cut overhangs on ancient Lake Chewaucan contain some of the oldest evidence of human habitation in North America.

Necròpolis de Cala Morell

Ciutadella, Spain

Necròpolis de Cala Morell

These ancient burial caves carved into the cliffs offer a glimpse into prehistoric funeral practices and Menorca's early inhabitants.

Statue

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Transvaal Boer

Above the heads of passersby stands a small statue commemorating soldiers from the Boer War.

One of the skeletons at St. Martins Church

Aulendorf, Germany

Skeletons of St. Martin Church

Two elaborately decorated "catacomb saints" are displayed on either side of the altar in a small church in Germany.

Middelpunt van Leuven

Leuven, Belgium

Middelpunt van Leuven

This unassuming stone bollard is a centuries-old marker denoting the center of the city.

A dish of frango à cafreal, a Goan-Mozambican-Portuguese dish that’s the precursor of Nando’s peri-peri chicken, is the specialty here.

Trafaria, Portugal

Piri Piri

Taste the precursor of peri-peri chicken at this restaurant just outside of Lisbon.

Pedra de Lume

Sal, Cabo Verde

Pedra de Lume

An incredibly salty lake inside the crater of an extinct volcano.

2019 Molly Williams mural by street artist Robot

Tomar, Portugal

Molly Williams Mural

In Portugal, a larger-than-life painting of America's first Black female firefighter.

Panaji's Heritage Steps

Panaji, India

Panaji's Heritage Steps

These colorful staircases can be found around Goa’s capital.

Jugendstilkaufhaus Görlitz

Görlitz, Germany

Jugendstilkaufhaus Görlitz

After falling into disuse, this imposing department store found new life as a Hollywood backdrop and a theater.

This queen has been here since the 1980s.

Leicester, Vermont

Queen Connie

A gorilla holding a VW Beetle isn't what you'd expect in rural Vermont.

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