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A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

Martha's Vineyard's most beloved speakeasy sells late-night pastries.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

On a small Slovenian island, diners can mix and match a classic cake into dozens of sweet and savory flavor combinations.

This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

A pastry shop specializing in Sephardic sweets serves historic recipes in Ribadavia’s Jewish quarter.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

Little India's hidden gem of kindness and good food.

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

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.