Queens, New York
The Ganesh Temple of Queens
This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.
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Queens, New York
This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.
Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand
A colorful kitschy temple and floating market off the beaten path.
Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Tokyo, Japan
A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.
Tokyo, Japan
A restaurant modeled after feudal Japan, where the waitstaff are trained as ninjas.
Paris, France
In this Parisian garden's grotesque former life as a zoo it fed exotic animals to the bourgeois and put humans on exhibit.
Trenton, Tennessee
The world's largest collection of porcelain "veilleuses-theiere," or night light teapots, includes four that belonged to Napoleon.
Seoul, South Korea
A bright and wacky exhibit answers every question you may have had about human excrement, flatulence, and more.
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina
The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.
Los Angeles, California
A "Titanic" superfan changed his name to Jack and set up this strange shrine to the blockbuster, complete with Korean food and Tarot readings.
Los Angeles, California
Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.
Gujō-shi, Japan
Make your own fake treats at this factory and workshop in the epicenter of Japan's food replica industry.
Tokyo, Japan
The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.
Mae Klong, Thailand
Six times a day a train runs right through the middle of this Thai street market, sending vendors scrambling.
Ahmedabad, India
This restaurant is proud to be built atop a burial ground.
Hanoi, Vietnam
The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.
Iceland
The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.
Iceland
This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.
Vik, Iceland
Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.
Iceland
A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.
Iceland
Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.
Seydisfjordur, Iceland
These concrete domes were installed on an Icelandic bluff to honor a very specific musical tradion.
Raufarhöfn, Iceland
This modern monument to pagan belief looks like it was transported straight from ancient times.
Stykkishólmur, Iceland
This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.