Places phildzielski Wants to Go

Sample cuisine inspired by the Great Plains indigenous people who have been gathering at this sacred Canadian Heritage Park for 6,000 years.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.

This cheese shop also houses a museum devoted to Dutch dairy.

This small condiment museum makes all manner of mustards with a 200-year-old mill.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

A giant robo-cockroach building devours Tokyo.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

The pioneering photographer's prints are immortalized inside her childhood home.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

This pseudo-steampunk weapons facility is the world's largest wood and glue structure, and packs quite a wallop.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.