Places Jeremy Krantz Wants to Go

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

The oldest independent bottling plant in America was built directly over an ancient spring — and famously rejected Coca-Cola.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

Though tiki culture has gone in and out of fashion, the Tonga Hut has always been flying the flag in Los Angeles.

With no menu and no sign, this 130-year-old taverna doles out affordable home cooking.

Order savory Levantine baked goods with innovative twists at this takeout-only spot.

Savor sheep milk yogurt at the last of Athens' dairy bars.

Order the extra snappy, steamed hot dogs at this fourth-generation-run New England diner.

Try an original egg cream at this museum located inside one of the last surviving old-fashioned seltzer factories in America.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

Sip on supernatural cosmic cocktails at this spaceship themed speakeasy.

The original shop where the iconic Belgian praline was invented.

The original home of the Caesar Salad.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.

Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?

This enormous Hindu temple in Queens serves incredible dosas in its basement canteen.

One man’s obsessive, 30-plus-year quest is behind the pies at this spot on the Lower East Side.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.