Places Edited by Sam O'Brien

This sprawling collection hides many charms.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

This is one really big nut.

Discover for yourself what Herb Caen referred to as "the best kept secret in the Bay Area."

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

A cliff-hanging restaurant.

Serving you alcohol with a side of insanity. Also, costumes!

Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'

The only museum of sake in the United States is nestled in an unlikely California college town.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

Ingenious bakery opens up the first Cupcake ATM at their flagship location in Beverly Hills.

The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.

Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.

A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.

A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.