Places Wendy Jones Wants to Go

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

This Vietnamese bar doubles as a multistory labyrinth.

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

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

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

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.

Buy your fish and have it cooked to order in this bustling, eight-floor seafood market.

This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.

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

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

One of the few surviving examples of Victorian-era public toilets now houses a small homestay.

Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.

This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

Worship at the altar of seafood at this shop housed inside the town's oldest stone church.

Rumored to have been frequented by Vincent van Gogh, it's the only remaining genever producer in the Hague.