Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

Since 1973, this block has been home to the most concentrated collection of murals in San Francisco.

This fully restored synagogue explores the American Jewish experience along the old frontier.

Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.

A historic shipbuilding town is home to a sail-through fish-and-chips shop.

More than 20,000 salt and pepper shakers from across the globe call this museum home.

For just a few hours each morning, this market serves specialties from the city's shrinking Chinese-Indian community.

Rusty pieces of metal jutting out of a breakwater are all that's visible of the 12,500-ton ocean liner that capsized just off the beach.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

The Renaissance-era courthouse is a relic from the fortified town's centuries of Venetian rule.

The nude sculpture on this fountain shocked conservative townsfolk when it was first unveiled, but not as much as the dead body found in it decades later.

At 1,732 feet above sea level, this spectacularly isolated yet surprisingly bustling bar is the highest pub in Britain.

A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

This scale model of our solar system hid in plain sight for years before a physics team sought out all the planets.

A musical instrument played by the sea.

This old-world mansion with lush gardens is a gem in the heart of Silicon Valley.

This 16th-century mosque is the hallmark of the African architectural legacy in India.

City law dictates that this mountaintop cathedral containing the heart of a saint is to remain the tallest building in town.

The big toe of this towering monument to a Croatian national hero is worn from years of superstitious rubbing.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.

The now-overgrown beach resort was once frequented by Yugoslav military elite.

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