This ancient Corinthian helmet is South Korea’s only national treasure of Western origin.

This museum in San Francisco's Chinatown is one of the oldest and largest archives of Chinese American history and culture.

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.

In 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin briefly ran their fledgling company from this Silicon Valley garage.

Someone really, really wanted to save this fast-food icon from demolition.

In 1952, this restaurant began selling the Colonel's “secret” recipe.

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

Under the shadow of its towering parent tree, a rare specimen of sequoia produces ghostly white leaves.

Taste rums made with heirloom sugarcane on the distillery's own estate.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.

Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.

These unique toilets feature transparent glass covered in PDLC film.

A 1920s home transformed into an immersive art experience, where every room is a portal to another realm.

Overflowing with shipping containers, this location has been transformed into a massive workspace for artists.

A blend of sporting history mixed with childhood nostalgia await visitors to this museum.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

Exquisite irises bloom every spring in this hillside garden.

This Moab institution functions as both a rock store and a small natural history museum.

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.

This bakery sits on the site of the Black Panther Party's first headquarters.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.