Places Edited by Sam O'Brien

The Quapaw tribe supplies the meat and produce in this Oklahoma casino restaurant.

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

Once frequented by heavyweights of the Russian arts scene, this café is stuck in the 1800s.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

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

This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

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.

Nibble as you learn about Slovenia's longstanding tradition of making beautiful honey cookies.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

An old curiosity shop holds on to a centuries-old tradition of manually-distilled rose water.

This upscale restaurant specializing in Michoacán cuisine serves sauces tied to important life events.

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

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

The world's first floating farm is staffed by one human, three robots, and 35 cows.

Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.

Sail in for a ’dam good slice.

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

An on-site urban farm and fish pond supply some of the produce for this upscale restaurant.

Some of Arizona's best spit-roasted tacos al pastor can be found here.

See tools once used for processing this coffee-substitute plant before sampling its flavor firsthand.