A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

This mountainside mural of a person carrying a torch was created for the 1994 Winter Olympics.

In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.

This handsomely carved wooden church is more than 800 years old.

Standing at 21-feet tall, this space cowboy adds to the legacy of Route 66's muffler men.

This 1930s-era Route 66 Tulsa landmark was moved, restored, and filled with neon.

One of the best examples of Art Deco architecture in the United States.

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.

A Route 66 filling station that was designed to resemble the Hagia Sophia, and is now the symbol of an arts district.

A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.

Thousands of miniature bronze sculptures have taken over this city square creating a unique art installation.

The stoutest tree in the world.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

This Oaxacan town is known for its colorful fantastical creatures hand-carved by local artisans.

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

An architectural oddity hides in plain sight on this iconic London bridge.

Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.

A relic of Victorian grandeur hides beneath a busy South London road.

Abstract dinosaur models in London.

The remains of Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851.

19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.

A labyrinth hides in plain sight at each of the city's 270 Tube stations.