Places vivalavida Wants to Go

This Oaxacan restaurant serves native corn and Indigenous recipes.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

This small town specializes in a rainbow of corn snacks.

Keen eyes can find the Disney influences throughout this treasure trove of a tiki bar.

A tiny slice shop hides down an unmarked hallway in a Las Vegas casino.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

Hidden within a spa in a Texas strip mall is a restaurant specializing in Eastern European foods.

This Choctaw/Thai restaurant celebrates Indigenous cuisines from different continents.

This South-by-South-Asian restaurant serves up Indian-spiced Southern fried chicken and a Desi-style pastrami.

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

A small collection of iguana-infested ruins hides amid Cancún's bustling hotel zone.

Twelve natural mummies are displayed in the crypt of this former monastery school.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

San Antonio's first 3-D stereoscopic mural is a trippy treat for the eyes.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

In 1977, wealthy socialite Sandra West was buried wearing an elegant white nightdress while reclining comfortably in her powder-blue 1964 Ferrari.

The world's second-longest burning light bulb.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

This beautiful and unmissable little museum is full of fascinating artifacts from Mesoamerica's great civilizations.

The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."

This little dolphin is the first monument dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community in the southern United States.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.