For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

This sublime architectural marvel is a rare example of an expressionist church.

This World War II airfield enjoys a second life as a public park.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

This former small town was destroyed not by the motor oil it sprayed the ground with but by the toxic waste that was added.

One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.

Once the center of power for the region's various factories.

This cobblestoned medieval-style town was entirely constructed in the 1990s and 2000s.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

The oldest amusement park in the world has been providing a nice spot to have some fun since the 1500s.

The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.

Its columns were all carved from the same white oak tree.

The floating gallery illuminates the heart of Québec City's arts district.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

This lower Manhattan bar is set up in an old bank vault that rests beneath a skyscraper that hides even more historic splendor.

This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.

This roadside stand packs 300-plus varieties of tomatoes, from "Maiden's Fire" to "Kaleidoscopic Jewel."

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

The cave where two British judges hid in exile after sentencing the king to death.