Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Red sandstone structures dominate this landscape, which has been inhabited for some 5,000 years.

This mountain trail inspired Nietzsche to complete his magnum opus.

A breathtaking 19th-century trail overlooks Lake Tahoe.

This trail follows unique stone railroad tracks and a historic waterway to the south coast of Devon.

A winding medieval path was used by mourners to carry their dead to the nearest church.

A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.

Iron Age runes and ruins hide in plain sight along this Portuguese beach.

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

Nestled between a college and a golf course, the garden is home to more than 2,500 rhododendrons.

Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.

At the foot of a waterfall lies a peaceful swimming lagoon and evidence of over 60,000 years of human habitation.

The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.

There's a mini version of Iguazu Falls hidden in the Balkans, and it's got a rope swing.

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

This collection of ancient, mountaintop, underground tombs was once hidden by decades of bloodshed.

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.

Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.

Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.

The oldest active juke joint in the state sustains a niche school of blues guitar.

Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.