Places Sam O'Brien Wants to Go

At this Oaxaca contest, artists turn purple produce into stunning depictions of saints, buildings, and La Pietà.

The storied steakhouse is the last in a long line of Lebanese-owned supper clubs in Tulsa.

The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.

Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.

At this monastery, monks make raw-milk cheese and use excess whey to create methane that powers their hot-water system.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

For roadside fast food, pull over at the giant orange.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.

Head underground and take a tour of the city's working sewer system, and see the underground river Senne, which defined Brussels for centuries before being covered in the 19th century.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

A huge old mansion full of thousands of toys, each there to be used and played with.

This recently restored crypt was once plagued by liquefying coffins and exploding caskets.