Places marytreptow Wants to Go

This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.

The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.

This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

The inventor of the iconic Pringles can was so proud of his invention he was buried in one.

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

A mysterious pair of mice eating a piece of cheese is London's smallest public sculpture.

This Pringle-shaped ledge makes for the perfect photo op.

This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.

Is this the most Portland place ever?

There's more contention than one might expect from cherry pie pans.

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

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

When it opened during the final years of the embargo, all the drinks and cigars were free.

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

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.