From tiny Golden Gai bars built around a single obsession to sake breweries that turn three ingredients into an afternoon

From a lottery-access museum in Nintendo's original factory to Donkey Kong Country at Universal's newest U.S. theme park

From Edinburgh Castle's volcanic rock above the capital to Dunnottar's clifftop ruins reachable only by 200 steps down and back up

From Chiang Mai's five-year digital nomad visa to Lisbon's sun-drenched expat infrastructure, the best cities for young adults living abroad

From Kauai's helicopter-only Jurassic Falls to the Oahu ranch where the franchise's most iconic stampede scenes were filmed

From Kinkaku-ji's gold-leaf pavilion reflected in still water to a rock garden whose 15 stones have inspired contemplation for five centuries

From a Swiss alpine crossing at nearly 7,000 feet to a Mexican canyon four times deeper than the Grand Canyon, the world's most scenic train rides

From Boldt Castle's tragic love story on a Saint Lawrence River island to a ruined Hudson River warehouse that hosts movie nights in the dark

From Cascais surf breaks a half-hour from Lisbon to a Michelin-recognized restaurant in a tiny cliff-top village near the Spanish border

From Cahir Castle's river island where Excalibur was filmed to a Galway tower that drew Yeats and Shaw to its literary banquets

From salad bar contamination risks to why a large pre-flight coffee guarantees a miserable few hours in a middle seat

From Santorini's private plunge pools above the caldera to a dawn balloon ride over the Great Migration in the Serengeti

From a Kia K5 with a wide low-cut trunk to a Palisade Hybrid with lane-centering assist and 34 mpg across eight seats

From a Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro with seat-mounted shocks to a Rivian R1T that fords 43 inches of water on electric power

From cobblestone streets inside North America's only fully walled city to an overnight stay in a hotel built from ice and snow each January

From a private island in the Seychelles with just 11 villas to a one-day private jet trip to Antarctica for a Champagne picnic on the ice

From a fully redesigned Hyundai Palisade with the list's top reliability score to a BMW X7 with first-rate materials and a sub-six-second sprint

From a debut Hyundai Ioniq 9 with a perfect safety score to a Tesla Cybertruck with Top Safety Pick+ and five NHTSA stars