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A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

A logging-themed roadside restaurant surrounded by museum-quality machinery and artifacts from the industry's heyday.

This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.

This German fountain of a legendary apple wine-loving drink thief will spit on you.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.

Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.

The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.

The basement bowling alley of this St. Paul dive bar is decorated with thousands of dollar bills.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

This whimsical winery by Antoni Gaudí looks ripped from the pages of a fairytale.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

Built in the 1300s, this magnificent building that hosted England's kings and queens transports you to the Middle Ages.

A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.