Places remcrae Wants to Go

Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

Step into a pastel time capsule where candy is truly dandy.

Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.

A vineyard devoted entirely to an unexplored flavor frontier.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

Worm salt and other local ingredients are on the menu at this cult favorite ice cream shop.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

This small town specializes in a rainbow of corn snacks.

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.

In the middle of Calvary Cemetery stands this singular memorial to a small boy who died too young.

A 16th-century artillery fort built to protect England against European invasion.

This remote location of this Moorish stronghold means it doesn’t attract many tourists—and that it still has the aura of fear and bravery of the 1300s.

The remains of a 13th-century stronghold built by the Welsh prince known as Llywelyn the Last.

The oldest ruins at this castle overlooking Georgia's Terek River Valley date back to the 10th century.

A lovingly curated curio shop in which the taxidermy wear newspaper party hats, and peanut shells are spread across every surface.

A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.

This mountaintop mariner’s church is packed with model ships and nautical art while hosting an annual maritime festivity for the townsfolk below.

An elaborate Romanesque archway, built right before the British occupation of Ireland.