Places Edited by Sam O'Brien

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

This old-fashioned candy shop, ice cream parlor, and diner served as the setting for one of TV's most controversial series finales.

Located in an old church, this brewery produces a different kind of holy water.

Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.

Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.

An unusual vending machine designed to support mourners during funeral ceremonies at Zurich's largest cemetery.

Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.

Hidden within a spa in a Texas strip mall is a restaurant specializing in Eastern European foods.

Barbies stare from the walls, sit on the tables, and even pop out of cakes at this quirky cafe.

You haven’t properly toured a winery until you’ve slept in an actual wine barrel.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

A huge teapot illuminates a home for the elderly.

This 17th-century pub once had a hole in its wall so the neighboring blacksmith could easily access beer.

Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.

This sprawling market is a one-stop shop for traditional Kazakh foods, from mare’s milk to sheep’s head.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.

This surreal-looking tree pruned more than 1,000 years ago is still producing olives for oil.

For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.

This tiny museum immortalizes the birthplace of an iconic Chinese-Korean noodle dish.

This cheeky restaurant has a serious devotion to lard sculptures.