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This tiny shop has been serving traditional tamales for more than 200 years.

The Andean town where every single building is decorated with a brightly colored frieze.

Dine inside a giant caterpillar at this community-run eatery.

This abandoned hospital is one of the most haunted places in Costa Rica.

Disused penal colony features prisoner artwork, some sketched in human blood.

Sloth rehabilitation center in the jungle of Costa Rica.

Where dogs like the rare "Fire-Tailed Border Cocker" run free on the mountainside.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

A harem-inspired Moorish fantasy design in a Victorian-era Welsh castle.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.

Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.

This tiny little cave was said to have been a refuge for a saint with a glowing arm.

No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.

This single-track road rewards brave drivers with stunning Scottish scenery.

These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.

This allegedly haunted 16th-century tower house-turned-museum exhibits thousands of spectacular objects.

Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.

These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.

Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.

A verdant 17th-century-style garden hidden along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile.

A glorious pub known for a spiteful printing feud and its famous typeface lost—then found—at the bottom of the Thames.

This 16th-century house tells the city's history through old artifacts and quirky tales.

This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.