Places Oubliette Wants to Go

This peaceful Sikh gurudwara serves around 50,000 free meals every day within its gilded walls.

A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

The last standing example of an ancient district's teatime tradition.

Walk through a restaurant's refrigerator door to reach this hidden bar.

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Monks in the empyreal Alazani River valley have preserved their 1,000-year-old winemaking tradition.

At 1,732 feet above sea level, this spectacularly isolated yet surprisingly bustling bar is the highest pub in Britain.

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.

The world's largest underwater restaurant is submerged off the southern tip of Norway.

This restaurant gives a new meaning to farm-to-table cuisine.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

A secret door leads to this cozy dive that sells only “milk.”

This “peasant café” in the middle of Tokyo re-creates the atmosphere of the Japanese countryside.

Nestled among the artifacts of the National Crafts Museum, this hidden gem offers hard-to-find regional foods from all over India.

Enjoy coffee and cake while viewing antique medical equipment at this unique cafe.

Giant cauldrons overflow with Uzbekistan's favorite rice dish at this cavernous dining hall.

Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.