Places mashman Wants to Go

This subterranean spot might be the epitome of Japan's baroque, retro coffee houses.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

The only certified Trappist brewery outside of Europe hides in the central Massachusetts hills.

Dine aboard the historic Ghan train while retracing early explorers' journey through the Outback.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

Founded in 1880, this humble brewery still practices a disappearing technique of sake-making.

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

One of the last remaining buildings from one of Calgary's earliest businesses.

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

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

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

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

Some of the greatest minds in the history of Hungarian art and science converged in this café.

A winery built on the site of a Gallo-Roman estate uses historical tools to recreate ancient vintages.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.