The Yiddish language stages a renaissance in a shtetl-inspired cultural center on the San Diego coast.

This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.

The largest Jewish museum in the southeastern U.S. houses a permanent Holocaust exhibit emphasizing the strength of its survivors.

Adherence to strict Jewish laws is required to enter this ultra-conservative New York village.

Grab a latte at the birthplace of modern American skateboarding.

This unique house, the only one of its kind in Brooklyn, was built as part of a real estate developer's showcase.

A hidden gem full of oddities, curiosities and macabre antiques.

Pause for an afternoon fika with sublime Scandinavian cakes and pastries.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

This historic Chinese church was relocated and revived as a museum that preserves and celebrates Chinese art, history, and culture.

Eat your way from Ghana to Myanmar on this globe-trotting menu.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.

A bookstore with an entire room dedicated to damaged and forlorn comic books.

California's most comprehensive horticultural library.

A Tibetan Temple and Buddhist organization just off the beaten path in Northern California.

With its vaulted ceiling and gilded details, this University of Washington library would feel right at home inside an old palace.

This peaceful gem in upstate New York was chosen as the future home of the 14th Dalai Lama's Library and Museum.

A magnificent church designed by world-renowned architect, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Large Massachusetts museum dedicated to Armenian history and culture.

A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.

Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."

A unique market that brings together various goods and cultures.

At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.