Places phildzielski Wants to Go

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

Learn local history while picking up groceries at this museum tucked inside a supermarket.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

This historic orchard contains Northern Europe's largest collection of paradise apple trees.

This recipe is set in stone.

This restaurant offers the original California cuisine.

This solo operation offers the world's only whey wines in flavors such as chocolate-orange.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

Originally built to monitor fishing, this Victorian tower now educates visitors about the local salmon industry.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Enjoy egg rolls and live music in a converted bank vault.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.

This historic lighthouse has been reincarnated as the perfect picnic place.

This secluded date farm can be reached only by following a bumpy, single-lane desert road.

This operational mill has survived centuries of destruction and construction.

The whiskey producer's archives includes a historical list of infractions committed by and associated penalties exacted upon employees.

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

This petite cutlery factory sits on the foundations of a defunct gasworks.

This Hollywood dive houses a mural painted by the artists who animated its namesake film.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

A tribute to Loveland’s most famous sweethearts, who helped spread cupid’s message to millions.