Taxidermy of a famous hippo who spent three years walking over a thousand miles across South Africa.

These otherworldly caverns form Earth's oldest known cave system.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.

According to the experts at the Guinness World's Record office, this is the longest candy counter in the world.

This small museum is an eccentric shrine to boyhood in the 1960s.

How did the right arm of a 13th-century English bishop wind up in a Connecticut church?

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement has been serving food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

The tallest residential building in Africa is an unsettling Brutalist monolith.

The loneliest plant in the world resides at the Durban Botanic Gardens...mostly.

Hidden in the hills is a mysterious stone structure, known only to a few.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

This amazing ancient cave was kept secret for seven years to protect it from the public.