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Srinagar, India

Arq-e-Gulab

An old curiosity shop holds on to a centuries-old tradition of manually-distilled rose water.
FONART Patriotismo.
Mexico City, Mexico

FONART Patriotismo

This warehouse-gallery-shop hybrid showcases Mexican craftwork at its best.
Planes@Plaza Store
Schiphol, Netherlands

Planes@Plaza

This old KLM airplane cut into three parts was transformed into an eclectic airport gift shop.
Permanently Closed
Archer City, Texas

Booked Up

A massive collection of rare and antique books in a tiny ranching community in northern Texas.
Main entrance to La Aurora.
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Fábrica La Aurora

This art shopping center still boasts pieces of its past as a textile factory.
Phaneromenis 70.
Nicosia, Cyprus

Phaneromenis 70

A unique art center and shop just below a United Nations Checkpoint in central Nicosia.
Colonel Sanders has never been more festive.
food

How a White Lie Gave Japan KFC for Christmas

One cunning business maneuver created a tradition and saved a franchise.
Luke Fater December 13, 2019
Shoppers visit the restored Souk al-Saqatiya in Aleppo, Syria, in November 2019.
Aleppo, Syria

Souk al-Saqatiya

Amid the rubble of Aleppo's Old Quarter, part of a historic market has been restored and re-opened.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

True Treats

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.
Permanently Closed
Bakersfield, California

Last Woolworth's Lunch Counter

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.
L'Oisivethé
Paris, France

L'Oisivethé

This Parisian café is dedicated to great tea and the art of knitting.
Magicum.
Berlin, Germany

Magicum

Visitors can explore the role of mysticism throughout the ages inside this interactive museum of magic.
Curia Arcanum
Austin, Texas

Curia Arcanum

This eclectic Austin curiosity shop is home to all things strange and unusual.
North Idaho Trading Company
Wallace, Idaho

North Idaho Trading Company

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.
Inside the scent-based mini-museum.
Reykjavik, Iceland

Fischer

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.
Cranfield's Curiosity Cabinet.
Southend-on-Sea, England

Cranfield's Curiosity Cabinet

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.
Brooklyn, New York

Karen Deli Grocery

Sunset Park's Guatemalan community knows to head to the back of this bodega for a taste of home.
Ignore the menu and just ask what's available that day.
Brooklyn, New York

Mi Pequeño Chinantla

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.