Places Foods Stories Newsletters
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...

No search results found for
“”

Make sure words are spelled correctly.

Try searching for a travel destination.

Places near me Random place

Popular Destinations

  • Paris
  • London
  • New York
  • Berlin
  • Rome
  • Los Angeles
Places Foods Stories Newsletters
Sign In Join
Profile image for minxlj

minxlj

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2016

Graphic designer and curious explorer.

0 Followers · 0 Following

Follow travelers to discover remarkable places through their journeys.

My Travel Badges

  • Badge Earned!

    First Contribution

    First Contribution

    This badge celebrates your first contribution to the Atlas Obscura community and the role you play in helping others discover wonder.

    25 Contributions
    Next Badge: 25 Contributions Make 25 total contributions to earn your next badge.

Foods minxlj Wants to Try

  • Been
  • Want to Go
  • Recommendations
  • Stories
  • Countries
  • US States
  • Added
  • Edited
  • Lists
  • Tried
  • Want to Try
20

Foods I want to try

Foods this traveler wants to try.

Don't be fooled by how it looks: River laver tempura is a treat.

Prepared Foods

Shimanto River 'Seaweed' Tempura

In Kochi, Japan, river laver gets deep-fried into an earthy, crunchy treat.

Moon Mist

Sweets

Moon Mist

The Nova Scotia ice cream flavor is so beloved, women dye their hair to match its pastel swirl.

Peanut pie at the Virginia Diner.

Sweets

Peanut Pie

The Virginia treat can “make even your deepest-dyed Yankee start complimenting you with a southern accent.”

Cheerwine, since 1917.

Drinks

Cheerwine

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.

A box of Maine's signature, tiny blueberries.

Fruits & Vegetables

Maine Wild Blueberries

The sweet, tiny wild berries are only available for two months each year.

Rolling ready strips of sugar on snow onto popsicle sticks.

Sweets

Sugar on Snow

Where maple sap flows, all one needs to make taffy is snow.

A double scoop of orange-flavored tiger tail ice cream striped with black licorice ribbons.

Sweets

Tiger Tail Ice Cream

This orange and black licorice flavor is kind of a big deal in Canada.

Blocks of this sugar look almost black.

Ingredients & Condiments

Okinawa Black Sugar

It's darker, saltier, and healthier than white sugar.

Musk sticks have been likened to "the smell of old ladies at the bus stop ... ”

Sweets

Musk Sticks

This classic Australian candy looks like pink toothpaste and tastes like perfume.

Ripe peanut butter fruit growing in the summer.

Fruits & Vegetables

Peanut Butter Fruit

Its pulp tastes just like the creamy spread.

Sweet on the inside, floss on the outside.

Fruits & Vegetables

Hala Fruit

It looks like an exploding planet and tastes like sugarcane.

Atrapaniebla, with the camanchaca rolling in behind it.

Drinks

Fog Beer at Atrapaniebla Brewery

In the Atacama Desert, brewers trap fog moisture to make crisp ales.

Delicious vanilla snow cream, made from snow, vanilla extract, and condensed milk.

Sweets

Snow Cream

Ice cream made with fresh snow is a beloved Southern tradition.

Eye candy and actual candy.

Sweets

Churchkhela

These delicious strands of juice-coated nuts look like colorful candlesticks.

They look like mini melons, but they taste like sour cucumbers.

Fruits & Vegetables

Cucamelon

Mexico's “mouse melon” is actually a tiny cucumber.

Most Texas sheet cakes come topped with pecans.

Sweets

Texas Sheet Cake

Funerals in the Lone Star State call for this comforting chocolate treat.

Double scooperman.

Sweets

Superman Ice Cream

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a classic Midwestern treat!

Santorini tomatoes dry in the summer sun.

Fruits & Vegetables

Santorini Tomatoes

The Greek island's volcanic soil produces an intensely fragrant, sweet crop.

Purén White Strawberry

Fruits & Vegetables

Purén White Strawberry

This rare berry grows only in two Chilean towns.

A popular Oaxacan flavor combination is prickly pear and burnt cream.

Sweets

Prickly Pear Sorbet

A watermelon-and-bubblegum-flavored treat courtesy of Mexico's favorite cactus.

Get Our Email Newsletter

Follow Us

Facebook YouTube TikTok Instagram Pinterest RSS Feed

Get the app

Download the App
Download on the Apple App Store Get it on Google Play
  • All Places
  • Latest Places
  • Most Popular
  • Places to Eat
  • Random
  • Nearby
  • Add a Place
  • Stories
  • Food & Drink
  • Itineraries
  • Lists
  • Video
  • Podcast
  • Newsletters
  • All Trips
  • Membership
  • Feedback & Ideas
  • Community Guidelines
  • Product Blog
  • Unique Gifts
  • Work With Us
  • About
  • FAQ
  • Advertise With Us
  • Advertising Guidelines
  • Privacy Policy
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms of Use
Atlas Obscura

© 2026 Atlas Obscura. All Rights Reserved.