Places ecvargo Wants to Go

One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

A giant roll of mints marks the birthplace of one of America's most famous candy brands.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

Beer lovers thirsty for knowledge can now visit a museum devoted to the world's largest hop-growing region.

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

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

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

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

This roadside stand packs 300-plus varieties of tomatoes, from "Maiden's Fire" to "Kaleidoscopic Jewel."

This riverfront statue honors the inventor of the first video games ever sold.

The largest arcade museum in the world chronicles the golden age of video games which ended promptly in 1987.

Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.