An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

This curious fresh and salt water lake holds a secret that draws in deep divers from around the world.

This tower was once used to create ammunition for early settlers.

Get a taste of Chamorro cuisine, family-style, at this popular restaurant.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

A world of craftwork elegantly curated in a historic brick warehouse.

In her ancestral home, one chef preserves ancient Filipino recipes and serves up traditional, home-cooked food to history-loving foodies.

This Haudenosaunee restaurant is a delicious tribute to indigenous cuisine.

Huts like this were once a hub for the female divers who collected pearls and seafood off Japan's coasts.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

An indigenous ethnobotanist runs this brunch spot celebrating Australia’s native flavors.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This women-run eatery and cooking school is putting India's long-neglected tribal cuisines back on the menu.

Rare moles meet activism at this Oaxacan eatery.

An exotic jungle hideaway run entirely by indigenous Kichwa women.

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

This small cafe aims to empower acid attack victims and stop violence against women in India.