This restaurant serves wood-fired fare served in a natural cave with a live spring.

The largest spring in Northwest Arkansas is also home to a sprawling botanical gardens and a historically significant bluff.

This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.

Greenery covers the face of a gently-dripping waterfall deep in the mountains of central Sardinia.

At an estimated 3,800 years old, this olive tree is one of the oldest on earth.

Packed with geological formations, an ancient river, and taxidermied seals, this overlooked coastal cave system is worth a spelunk.

The first integrated firehouse in Atlanta houses a museum on the history of desegregation in the city's fire department.

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

After being inoperative for over half a century, this elaborate fountain in Atlanta's oldest park was restored to its former glory.

One of the oldest and largest wooden churches in France was very evidently constructed by shipbuilders.

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

An art-filled botanical garden and former dyeworks hiding in plain sight.

A nature and outdoor art preserve features the large-scale, abstract works of a renowned Maine folk artist.

Grapes be damned, this distillery makes wine from apples, blueberries, cranberries, and more.

The last sailing lobster boat in Maine is also likely New England's first zero-emissions commercial vessel.

East meets West in this Japanese-style garden featuring plants native to Maine’s Mount Desert Island.

Floor-to-ceiling frescoes by local art students cover the interior of a nearly 200-year-old church.

A small park commemorates the departure of the first-ever successful transatlantic balloon voyage.

The first handmade canoe built by members of the Passamaquoddy in over a century.

The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.

One of the largest wooden ships ever built is honored by a steel sculpture evoking her once-superlative scale.

One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.