Places marytreptow Wants to Go

Santa Monica's oldest restaurant, decorated with set pieces from the Mutiny on the Bounty.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Always a new use for this old building.

Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.

Former 1954 Del Mar Train Station now serves signature cocktails and delightful culinary treats, and still operates as a Metro stop.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.

Once a train station along the Great Eastern Railway this vibrant coffee shop and bar is where members of London’s creative class mingle.

Where the polar bear watches over everything, and every drink is a double.

This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A railroad magnate's replica village has become home to a genetic seed bank for rare breeds of livestock.

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

The headquarters of the prestigious World Food Prize celebrates the heroes in the fight against hunger, has no cafeteria.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.