Places DrAK Wants to Go

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.

Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.

This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

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

This frog-themed restaurant was frequented by Picasso, Saint-Exupéry, and more.

The frozen treats at this Cape Town parlor are inspired by Africa's food cultures.

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

The largest of its kind in Japan, this century-old wasabi farm is also known for its appearance in an Akira Kurosawa film.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

Napa's oldest building is now a Mexican restaurant.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

Try the alligator at this fondue spot, which has been catering to "lovers and hedonists" since 1967.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

The only restaurant serving indigenous foods from the Amazon.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.