The frozen treats at this Cape Town parlor are inspired by Africa's food cultures.

A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found at a weekend swap meet.

In Tucson a giant metal snake helps pedestrians cross a busy highway.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Miniature art that tells an enormous story.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.

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

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.

Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.

A beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

Museum on earth sciences featuring a recreation of a famous curiosity cabinet.