A piece of Seattle’s historic Chinatown preserved inside a modern museum.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

A 22-million-year-old sandstone cave is a natural habitat for award-winning cheese.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

This resort community was known as the "Black Eden of Michigan."

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

A former reservoir that was only recently discovered after more than 60 years of disuse.

An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin's lost medieval wall.

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.