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One of the youngest whisky distilleries in Scotland may also be the country’s oldest.

This historic Art Deco building embellished with local tropical fruits had fallen into disrepair before a recent restoration.

A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.

Inside this Darjeeling museum, you can see a pair of boots that once stood at the top of the world.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

A small part of the local arts scene, this “little free cinema” is part homage to the past, part interactive experience.

Only reachable by boat, a small Tanzanian national park is home to the chimpanzees that Jane Goodall has spent her career studying.

A mass of iron named for the fire-dwelling mythological amphibian sits alongside the first west coast iron furnace.

Graffiti-clad ruins of an abandoned 1980s industrial site with a toxic past are nestled among residential houses.

An unexpected treasure trove of military oddities, Turkish interior design, and North Korean art.

Large metal sculptures spread throughout an open landscape.