Bastrop, Texas
The Gas Station
The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Bastrop, Texas
The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.
Los Angeles, California
Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.
Brooklyn, New York
A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Hamilton Township, New Jersey
Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.
Phoenix, Arizona
Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Queens, New York
This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.
New York, New York
This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.
North Bend, Washington
Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.
Ridgedale, Missouri
If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
Tuscumbia, Alabama
You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.
Phoenix, Arizona
Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.
Houston, Texas
A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.
Seattle, Washington
This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Union, Connecticut
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
New York, New York
A hip bar decorated with walls of golden skulls.
New York, New York
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
Brooklyn, New York
Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.
New York, New York
Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.