Salt Lake City, Utah
Site of the World's First KFC
In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.
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Salt Lake City, Utah
In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.
Corbin, Kentucky
The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Decatur, Georgia
A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.
Quincy, Massachusetts
This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
San Bernardino County, California
The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.
Inyo County, California
Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.
Shakaria, Jordan
A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.
Nefta, Tunisia
The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.
Madrid, Spain
Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.
Berlin, Germany
Superb sweets await at the first Jewish bakery inducted into Berlin’s prestigious baker’s guild.
New York, New York
The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.
Queens, New York
Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.
Bled, Slovenia
On a small Slovenian island, diners can mix and match a classic cake into dozens of sweet and savory flavor combinations.
Brooklyn, New York
This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.
Aachen, Germany
This bakery and museum offers tours of the tastes and mythology of Aachen's signature spice biscuit—just don't ask for the recipe.
Kolkata, India
This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.
New Braunfels, Texas
Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Berlin, Germany
Started as a kitchen garden, now the second largest botanical garden in the world.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Hauterives, France
This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.