The largest game reserve in Africa is home to thousands of species but refuses to house humans.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

This sacred, circular cave is lined with pools so clear and still that it's hard to tell where the water begins.

After sunset the heart of Zanzibar's historic Stone Town neighborhood transforms into a culinary playground.

This rare volcano spews the strangest and (literally) coolest lava in the world.

Stay in your own little bubble.

A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.

The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.

Get three sheets to the wind at this desert winery with a nautical theme.

This crucial gathering spot along the "hippie trail" still displays old notes between traveling beatniks and backpackers.

Come for the chanting, stay for the monastical vegan buffet.

One of the oldest continuously-operated gay bars in the United States is allegedly haunted by Truman Capote and Tennessee Williams.

Learn about the sweet, storied legacy of beekeeping in ancient Greece.

This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

A Nesting Doll of Churches.

At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

A once grand hotel now sits eerily abandoned in the Catalan countryside outside Barcelona.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

One of the most photographed buildings in a city known for its Modernista architecture is an abandoned squat.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.