Places Edited by Sam O'Brien

Twelve sweet, nutty, life-sized statues are housed in this second-story shrine to almond paste.

For decades, Puerta del Sol has been illuminated by a giant, guitar-wielding bottle of sherry.

A small town celebrates its cash crop with a giant highway sculpture.

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

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

When in Idaho, sleep in a giant potato.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

Two planes stand abandoned after the closure of an aircraft-themed restaurant.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."

An island off the coast of South Australia is home to the last purebred Ligurian bees.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

One of the few surviving examples of Victorian-era public toilets now houses a small homestay.

A former factory serves as a shrine to the industry that sustained Santorini for decades.

This giant subway sculpture celebrates the fruit that inspired the theory of gravity.

This vacant station is a relic of harvest processing techniques of the mid-20th century.

Swim or sail to this pie-slinging boat off the coast of St. Thomas.

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.