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Xwejni salt pans.

Żebbuġ, Malta

Xwejni Salt Pans

People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.

Bee balm is just one of the many plants that Native Americans relied on for medicinal and ceremonial uses.

Montrose, Colorado

Ute Ethnobotany Garden at the Ute Indian Museum

This high-desert oasis spotlights some of Colorado’s most sacred native plants.

Eggshell Arch

Tonalea, Arizona

Eggshell Arch

At certain times in the fall and winter, the sunlight makes this natural sandstone arch glow.

Pinkerton Hot Springs

Durango, Colorado

Pinkerton Hot Springs

A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.

Bicha of Balazote

Madrid, Spain

Bicha of Balazote

This enigmatic Iberian sculpture of uncertain origin may have once guarded a burial site.

Some names were clear as day, Eddie Meyer engraved the date, name and location

Southampton, England

The D-Day Wall

This little-known wall in Southampton stands as one of the most unique and personal monuments to D-Day.

Grab your tray and snag a spot at one of the outdoor picnic tables.

Trenton, Maine

Trenton Bridge Lobster Pound

Since 1956, this quintessentially New England seafood shack has been boiling its lobsters in seawater over wood fires.

AMAIA Restaurante

Maipú, Chile

AMAIA Restaurante

From maqui pisco sours to mote-mushroom risotto, the “Mapuchef” elevates endemic ingredients and celebrates Mapuche foodways.

Hong Kong–style lemon iced tea is a popular way to beat the city's notorious heat and humidity.

Houston, Texas

House of Bowls

Cantonese comfort food is on the menu at this Asiatown mainstay.

Wildflower Brewery

Marrickville, Australia

Wildflower Brewery

Inventive brewers use NSW ingredients to dream up flavorful beers made with local honey, native raspberries, and Mariposa plums.

City Hall Station

New York, New York

Old City Hall Station

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

Turkey thigh roulade with bayou belle sweet potatoes and fried wheatberries.
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St. Louis, Missouri

Bulrush

This ambitious restaurant celebrates the culinary traditions of the Ozarks before 1870.

The “Can You Say Yay Yay?” is a supremely satisfying triple-threat.
Permanently Closed

Nashville, Tennessee

Yay Yay's

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.

A plate of perfect beef momos.

Queens, New York

Amdo Kitchen

A former Tibetan monk made a name for himself selling some of the best beef momos in New York.

A next-level iced coffee.

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Hue Cafe Roastery

Order your coffee crowned with salted whipped cream or blended with coconut and ice.

Beef noodle soup didn't become a part of Taiwanese cuisine until the mid-20th century.

Taipei, Taiwan

Chef Hung Beef Noodle Soup

Taiwan’s iconic dish is in peak form here.

Fry bread tastes fantastic drizzled in local honey.

Spokane, Washington

Indigenous Eats

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

Touge no kamameshi.

Annaka, Japan

Oginoya’s Kettle Rice Pottery

This iconic “station bento” comes in an earthenware pot you can take home and repurpose.

Order fresh fish by weight.

Belém, Brazil

Mercado Ver-o-Peso

This massive waterfront market is located at the "gateway to the Amazon."

A Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi) rises up, displaying its impressive leg span.

Monterey, California

Into The Deep/En lo Profundo Exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium

Enormous crabs, bioluminescent jellies, and other amazing creatures from the ocean’s depths—some of which are in an aquarium for the first time ever.

Hay Castle shop in 2011

Hay-on-Wye, Wales

The Kingdom of Books

In 1977, an eccentric book lover formed a micronation for book lovers.

Gate of the Sun

Tiwanaku, Bolivia

Tiwanaku

Over a millennium ago, this site on the shores of Lake Titicaca was home to a city of more than 10,000 people.

The hand-rolled couscous is worlds away from the stuff in the box.

Paris, France

Le Timgad

Travel back in time at a Moroccan-inspired restaurant that was the height of glamor in the 1970s.

Baptismal Pool

Subaytilah, Tunisia

Baptismal Pool

A superb Paleo-Christian baptismal pool is preserved among the ruins of ancient Sufetula.

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