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Once a slice of Cold War-era military history, this museum is finding its future in the star.

After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.

In addition to fishing and camping, this spot in Nebraska’s Sandhills is one of the world’s darkest places.

This old-school soda shop is the home of the Tin Roof Sundae, a concoction dripping in chocolate, marshmallow, and peanuts.

A Roman mosaic depicting a classical myth was only rediscovered after bombing during World War II.

Constrained by time and topography, this civil engineering landmark was constructed 100 feet above Starrucca Creek over the course of a single year.

On moonless nights, it's said that you can still hear the church bell of a village that was swept out of the dunes and lost to the rising sea.

This Austin music venue is an homage to a legendary figure in the local blues scene.

This convenience store-turned-brewpub serves up inventive Indian cuisine and a wide selection of beers.

This stunningly massive housing complex is a go-to filming location for dystopian sci-fi cinema.

An ancient site that has revealed incredible artifacts including portions of the Themistoclean Wall.

In the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, lies a train trestle to nowhere.

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

The Cape of Good Hope is not quite as low as you can go on the African continent, but it's still geographically significant.

Step inside a Nyonya eatery nestled within a historic museum.

At this Austin dive bar, it's been Christmas every day for more than 50 years.

The last place in Bahrain where you can get a custom-made dhow.

A series of murals depict the evolution of plant life from the Precambrian to the modern day.