Places Edited by Sam O'Brien

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.

This Japanese treats shop may have been the first business to mass-produce fortune cookies in the United States.

Hidden behind a wall, Spanish nuns distribute their signature sweets on a revolving tray.

On a river island north of Bangkok, a small bar helped lead a home-brewing rebellion.

A local museum honors the history of Bamberg’s unique cultural heritage: growing crops in the heart of the city.

This eatery transports diners to a place that no longer exists: East Germany.

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

Kay Andrews's recipe was so good, her family immortalized it in stone.

The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

In 2013, historians discovered a hidden room devoted to the art of making royals' hot chocolate.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.

Remnants of a forgotten 1920s speakeasy and Prohibition-era murals were discovered in its basement.

Once where royalty entertained guests, this opulent table is now one of the longest in the world.

Even for Egyptian royalty, the afterlife was bring-your-own-beef.

Beer lovers thirsty for knowledge can now visit a museum devoted to the world's largest hop-growing region.

Sip coffee and talk politics at this landmark cafe in Astoria's Little Egypt, a contender for the title of America's first hookah bar.

This women-run eatery and cooking school is putting India's long-neglected tribal cuisines back on the menu.

A 100-plus-year-old mill transformed into a hotel and restaurant.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

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

From the dishes to the art, this Michelin-starred restaurant orbits around one beloved French melon.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.