Trenton, Maine
Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound
Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.
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Trenton, Maine
Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.
Porto, Portugal
The original version of Porto's most famous sandwich is just as good here as it was a century ago.
Gretna, Louisiana
Dunk your doughnut in a Vietnamese egg coffee or come through during Mardi Gras for the highly coveted king cakes.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Pull off Highway 61 in high summer for fried green tomato BLTs, turkey legs, and boiled peanuts.
Nashville, Tennessee
Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”
Nashville, Tennessee
Test your mettle against the hottest hot chicken in Nashville.
Chestertown, Maryland
Learn about our ancestral eating habits at the passion project of an archeologist.
Brooklyn, New York
A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.
Chamchamal, Iraq
A boiling wellspring flowing with natural gas burns in a continual blaze.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
New Castle, Colorado
A coal fire has been burning underground here since 1896.
Turkmenistan
A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Wingen, Australia
6000-year-old coal fire moves one meter per year.
Chonchi, Chile
A wooden dock art installation on Chiloé Island taps into the island's indigenous mythology.
Kaiteriteri, New Zealand
This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.
Kuşadası, Turkey
This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.
Iceland
Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.
Sligo, Ireland
This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.
Snugborough, Ireland
A Neolithic passage tomb said to have sheltered two legendary Irish lovers.
Kamiah, Idaho
This landmark is a central figure in the Nez Perce origin story.
Thurstaston, England
A geological wonder shrouded in myth.
Elefsina, Greece
According to legend, this cavern holds the passage that Persephone used to travel to and from the underworld.
Uppsala, Sweden
Legend says this fabled well held part of a mythical Norse tree.
Turkey
Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.