Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

This functional solar system model was inspired by the famous Eisinga Planetarium.

Home to the world's oldest functioning orrery.

A New England curiosity cabinet, one hundred years on.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

This state-of-the-art planetarium takes architectural inspiration from the sun itself.

This iconic meat-and-three seasons every dish with ancestral cooking knowledge from South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.

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

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