Places thorne031 Wants to Go

Drink the 'Blood of Christ' in this Roman Catholic fever dream.

Sip a Negroni Sbagliato in the bar that invented it.

Wash down heaping platters of meze with raki at one of the city's best taverns.

This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.

Come for the whole sides of slow-roasted lamb, stay for the regional Kurdish specialties.

Homesick Syrian refugees head to this restaurant for a taste of Damascus.

Feast on the freshest of fish by the Bosphorus.

Eat your way through history.

This institution has been serving up some of the best pancakes in the Netherlands for over a century.

Once the home of a renowned slaughterhouse, formerly working-class Testaccio is still the place to go for Roman offal dishes.

Crispy, cheesy rice balls—the Roman answer to arancini—take center stage here.

For one of Rome’s finest renditions of cacio e pepe, head straight to this osteria.

Everything from fried brains to stewed lungs are on the menu at this nose-to-tail spot.

Roman-style pizza al taglio arrives here with magnificent, crackly crust.

Inventive Sicilian specialties are executed with flair at this restaurant overseen by chef Ciccio Sultano.

Fried artichokes and other Roman–Jewish classics are executed with care at this no-frills cafeteria.

Buy raw milk from a 24/7 vending machine or pick up tomb candles at this local market.

The frozen treats at this Cape Town parlor are inspired by Africa's food cultures.

1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.

A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.

A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.

This arch made out of whale bones is a remnant of South Africa's whaling history.

These terracotta heads are among the oldest Iron Age objects found south of the equator.

A 19th-century relic of timekeeping.