Places Edited by Sam O'Brien

The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

One of the world's oldest universities houses an incredible collection of anatomical models, mummified body parts, and human bones.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.

Tacoma’s 25-foot coffee pot music spot has served up over 80 years of concrete kitsch.

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.

The traditional Polish croissant, folded 81 times into the shape of a horseshoe, is a legally protected cultural treat.

A gothic church dedicated to the love of wine.

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.

A fascinating little museum dedicated to the thousands of chemical substances concealed in our food.

An eerie former warehouse turned cistern turned movie set.

A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.

Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.

Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

"Polynesia on the Plains."