Places Vic Tanner Wants to Go

This eatery re-creates dishes from the Ottoman Empire so you can dine like a sultan.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

Come for the oysters, stay for the priceless art honoring inventors across history and Scotland's favorite outdoor sports.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

This gas station offers wine tastings and craft beer.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.

A geological oddity formed by two rivers carving out a mass of limestone on both sides.

Tucked away between two 19th-century buildings, this small shop specializes in the macabre.

The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.

The best-preserved ancient theater in the world.

An abused and forgotten metropolis, abandoned for centuries.

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.

This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.