This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era "champions."

The frozen treats at this Cape Town parlor are inspired by Africa's food cultures.

One of Antoni Gaudí's least-visited works, an homage to Catalan patrimony that mixes neo-Gothic with Modernista forms.

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.

The 2,000-year-old Roman columns are hidden within Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.

This former Baroque palace on the historic Calle Montcada is a rare architectural gem and was once the meeting place of an aristocratic scholarly society.

The largest Art Nouveau complex in the world is a Barcelona hospital with a 600-year-long history.

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.

This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

This iconic L.A. bookshop is housed in an abandoned bank—both symbolic and chic.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.