Prepared Foods
Éclade de Moules
These marvelous mussels are cooked under pine needles.
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Prepared Foods
These marvelous mussels are cooked under pine needles.
Drinks
To taste the oldest wine still in production, head to Cyprus.
Prepared Foods
Follow your nose through Taipei for this crispy, warm street snack.
Danby, Vermont
The world’s largest underground marble quarry is hiding in Vermont.
Meats & Animal Products
Beer-brewing monks make aromatic, ale-flavored cheese in the Belgian countryside.
New York, New York
This iconic tattoo shop has its own onsite museum with artifacts from the early history of modern body art.
Arlington, Virginia
Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.
Valparaiso, Chile
Buying your medicine at this particular pharmacy is like taking a trip back in time.
Viña del Mar, Chile
Built for the 1962 World Cup, this fully functioning botanical clock is still ticking.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sid Vicious famously punched a hole in the wall of this iconic music venue.
Cartagena, Colombia
The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.
Valparaiso, Chile
This iconic hilltop church doubled as a lighthouse in the 19th century, guiding ships into the port of Valparaíso.
Queens, New York
A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.
Portland, Oregon
Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.
Te Pahu, New Zealand
Hundreds of toothbrushes hang from a wire fence along a quiet New Zealand road.
Pensacola, Florida
The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.
St. Augustine, Florida
Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”
Key Largo, Florida
An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.
Crawfordville, Florida
One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.
Marco Island, Florida
Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.
London, England
The world’s largest magazine collection was born from a single shelf in a teen’s bedroom.
Meats & Animal Products
No traditional East Ender meal is complete without pie, mashed potatoes, and gelatinous river creatures.
Ingredients & Condiments
A fragrant, difficult-to-harvest delicacy from the Scottish moorlands.
Port Talbot, Wales
The world’s only museum dedicated to baked beans.