Places Edited by Sam O'Brien

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

The largest salt farm in the Canary Islands is located at the foot of an active volcano.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.

This small Newfoundland town has declared itself the “Root Cellar Capital of the World.”

Come for the bait, stay for the brioche.

Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.

At this museum in Iceland, visitors can sample fermented Greenland shark.

Continental Europe's only museum devoted to salt and pepper shakers features more than 20,000 designs.

At a Japanese train station, a goddess emerges from a dumpling.

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

An annual festival full of illuminated replicas of iconic landmarks from around the world.

On a small Slovenian island, diners can mix and match a classic cake into dozens of sweet and savory flavor combinations.

A Michigan farm has hosted the fierce competition since 1974.

An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.

These sweets make convincing mimics of everything from fish balls to eggs to koi ponds.

This bright yellow building is packed with sweet treats from all around the world, from chocolate-covered crickets to whoopie pies.

Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

One nutty businessman’s unique tribute to an ancient tool.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

The world's spiciest ice cream comes from Glasgow.