Places Edited by Sam O'Brien

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.

This vanilla farm serves its crops at an on-site café.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

Pick up a kebab and a credenza at this unique combination furniture store and café.

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

Come for the heirloom-corn whiskey, stay for the wood hats.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

A half-century-old handmade dim sum joint opens daily at 3:00 a.m.

This Haudenosaunee restaurant is a delicious tribute to indigenous cuisine.

This airport currywurst stand is made out of retro airplane parts.

This museum tells the history of Day of the Dead sugar sculptures.

Across the islands, baked goods, sauces, and much more are for sale 24/7.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

This location of a Mexican chain restaurant has a unique location: an old jail.

Train cars and railroad artifacts abound at this restaurant devoted to railway history.

You can get anything you want at the former site of the restaurant immortalized by Arlo Guthrie.

Inside this magical collection, you can buy recipes cooked up by church ladies, motorcycle clubs, and clowns.

A giant mascot, a car bomb, and the mafia mingle in the history of a defunct restaurant chain.

At this 1940s-era neighborhood favorite, you can still drink a cherry phosphate.