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An improbable waterfall springs from an orange-white cliff face, tumbling into the headwaters of the Virgin River above Zion National Park.

Eat your Big Mac in a DC-3.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

The frozen bubbles that form on the icy surface of this Canadian lake contain enough methane to create a small explosion.

With a floor made of thick glass, this observation deck offers a full view of Sunwapta Valley's mountains and rivers.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.

The natural hot spring that was integral to the creation of Canada's first national park.

This 16th-century mosque is the hallmark of the African architectural legacy in India.

A deeply beautiful 15th-century stepwell with a tragic story.

This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.

An architectural marvel that dates back to the zenith of Indian architecture.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

A high point in Vancouver kitsch.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.