Places Edited by Alex Mayyasi

In Union Cemetery, a petrified tree stump marks the grave of a notable mineralogist, mine owner and oilman.

The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.

This modern tandoor eatery was once a canteen for Soviet farmers.

A microbiologist-chef is slinging noodles with hyperlocal Nordic ingredients.

This restaurant's specialty is "a major enigma for food historians."

This vintage train once gave new meaning to “swimming upstream.”

Taste freshly foraged yarrow and black locust blossoms at this ambitious cocktail bar.

Grapes be damned, this distillery makes wine from apples, blueberries, cranberries, and more.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

This Oaxacan restaurant serves native corn and Indigenous recipes.

This bakery sells traditional Māori sourdough.

A 19th-century baker stands ready to serve customers.

This "volcanic all-day restaurant" is right on the beach.

A peculiar museum that includes many drunken tales, a drunk driving simulator, and much more.

This ice cream parlor serves scoops of flavors like rakia, medlar, and poppy seed.

This small town specializes in a rainbow of corn snacks.

Eat like a "buckaroo" at this remote restaurant.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

This New York florist also sells traditional tofu pudding.

This eatery is emblematic of the connection between Jamaica and Nubia.

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

Prank calls to this place, originally the "Tube Bar," inspired the creation of a Simpsons character.

This museum preserves the heyday of Puerto Rican coffee.