Places phildzielski Wants to Go

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

Try your hand at old-fashioned coffee growing at this museum devoted to one of the world's most coveted beans.

In the main dining room, a nine-ton boulder caps the fireplace designed by local architect Earl Young.

This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.

The flagship building of an early national restaurant chain is a superb example of terra cotta art.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.

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

A stunning medieval castle houses this eclectic, interactive tribute to all things wine.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

A replica of the ice houses that once formed the basis of a local ice cream industry sits proudly in the middle of traffic.

Amidst medieval and baroque buildings, five human-sized gherkins stand tall.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

The headquarters of a pioneering cast iron and cast aluminum cookware company is in ruins, but still standing.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

A hidey-hole sandwiched between cellphone, DVD, and jewelry stores features Tibetan delights.

This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.