Some 80,000 Delft Blue tiles line the inside of this Amsterdam walkway.

This local art collective supports contemporary artists through a coveted residency program.

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.

American bison herd descending directly from a Bronx Zoo breeding program that saved the species from extinction.

On the edge of grassland in northeastern Colorado, these rock formations are some of the few remnants of a high plain that has eroded away over millions of years.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

When an ancient supervolcano erupted, some of Nebraska's prehistoric animals were forever preserved in ash.

Roaming bison and a spectacular view at the highest point in Nebraska.

A fascinating collection of art made from petrified wood and fossils by two octogenarian twin brothers.

What do a giraffe, an elephant, and reasonably priced steaks have in common? This roadside restaurant filled with exotic taxidermy.

A museum chronicling pioneer life constructed over Interstate 80.

A Kansas nature preserve protecting the plants and animals that once stretched across central North America.

Running under an entire mountain, the longest highway tunnel in North America is kept fresh using portal fans and jet fans.

This Alaskan town appoints the general store's resident feline as honorary mayor.

The now-serene site of the largest earthquake ever recorded in North America.

Get tall with nature's lankiest beasts and their warthog friends at this Kenyan preserve.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

This wildlife trust is dedicated to orphaned elephant rescue and conservation.

In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.

This slowly crumbling mansion was home to one of East Africa's richest and most powerful slave traders.

Over the course of its history, this tiny island has held enslaved people in transit and served as a quarantine zone. Today, it's a giant tortoise sanctuary.

Home to the world's largest quilt collection dating from the 1600s through today.