Niigata, Japan
Niigata Rice Cracker Museum & Bakauke Inari
This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.
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Niigata, Japan
This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.
East Greenville, Pennsylvania
This roadside stand packs 300-plus varieties of tomatoes, from "Maiden's Fire" to "Kaleidoscopic Jewel."
Sapporo, Japan
The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.
Bjurholm, Sweden
A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.
Sydney, Australia
The world's first indigenous rooftop farm boasts 2,000 plants from more than 35 different native Australian species.
Brest, Belarus
Take Soviet nostalgia to new heights by toasting the first man in space over a full spread of Belarusian and Soviet fare.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Singapore
Frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore.
Sant Adrià de Besòs, Spain
The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.
Hawthorne, California
The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.
Pantelleria, Italy
This ancient walled garden turns fog into food.
Tambon Chong Sakae, Thailand
In Phetchaburi, Thailand, a roadside vendor cooks his fare with 1,000 mirrors and the power of the sun.
O'Leary, Prince Edward Island
Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.
Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico
A sapling of the legendary tree where conquistador Hernán Cortés sat and wept after an Aztec uprising.
Madrid, Spain
A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.
Baker, California
No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Vienna, Austria
Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
This neighborhood of futuristic ball houses looks like an alien settlement in a science fiction film.
Osh, Kyrgyzstan
An outstanding piece of retro Sci-Fi architecture built into a sacred mountain.
Paisley, Scotland
A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.
Leeds, England
The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.
Kyoto, Japan
A tiny collection of traditional Japanese woodblock prints, open only when the owner feels like it.
Sister Bay, Wisconsin
Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.
Providence, Rhode Island
Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.