This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Feast on kebabs, dips, and house-made breads in the heart of Nashville’s Little Kurdistan.

Feast on Caribbean classics from curry goat to black cake.

Test your mettle against the hottest hot chicken in Nashville.

House a green chile pork Crunchwrap swaddled in hot, fresh tortillas.

Bone marrow-loaded birria with handmade corn tortillas—need we say more?

This beloved cheeseburger-slinging trailer holds Nashville's oldest beer license.

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

Sip mead from an East Nashville apiary while snacking on barbacoa tacos.

This iconic meat-and-three seasons every dish with ancestral cooking knowledge from South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

A rainbow of kulfi and falooda flows from this Indian-style ice cream parlor.

Feast on award-winning birria tacos from a food truck inside this neon robo-tiki bar.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

Visit a family-run restaurant that has been serving the epitome of soul food for more than seven decades.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

One man’s religious convictions led him to build this stone castle meant to withstand an apocalypse.

This tiny 19th-century tunnel was built so a man could move his cows from one field to another.