Places babewithclaws Wants to Go

Featuring a meatless buffet fit for kings, this family-owned Zurich eatery is considered the oldest vegetarian restaurant in the West.

Walk through a clothing store, across a courtyard, and up several flights of stairs for delicious coffee with a side of beautiful views.

In a small town outside Jerusalem, a roadside diner is devoted to all things Elvis Presley.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

A gorgeous gilded tower houses what may be the world's largest collection of gin.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

This bar is home to what's likely the oldest living jazz band in the world.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

An otherworldly musical haven in The Big Easy.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.