Places badgersofdoom Wants to Go

Blue-green pools and smooth stones comprise one of Spain’s most idyllic hidden wonders.

Legends of treasure and spirits flow from this this fairy tale-like oasis.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

This tiny business claims to be "the smallest pub on the planet."

A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.

A slice of central Asia in the middle of Berlin.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

Behold, a collection dedicated to Germany's favorite vegetable.

This enormous "shamoji" means more to the people of Miyajima than just a way getting rice onto a plate.

Historic slum of Tartu.

Museum covers every step of the chocolate-making process, from cultivation to the finished product.

Concrete spud looks like the North American Sebago.

Each year a new straw behemoth is born.

Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.

A taste of the macabre Tokyo's ritzy shopping district.

An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

Discover the taste of mold.

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

A cliff-hanging restaurant.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

Always a new use for this old building.