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Plaque honoring Mahomed on the site of the Hindoostane Coffee House

London, England

Sake Dean Mahomed Plaque

The "shampooer of kings" who opened London's first curry cafe was a celebrity in the 19th century, but is all but forgotten now.

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Multiplication tables

Public School 972

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

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Close up of statue

Ridgefield, Connecticut

Watermelons on a Greek Statue

What appears to be an act of fruit vandalism is actually a cultural statement.

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Slicing up the durian.

New York, New York

Durian NYC

The best place in New York to pick up the controversial, notoriously foul-smelling Asian "king of fruits."

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The front of Brasserie Kyushoku Toban

Brasserie Kyushoku Toban

A tiny cafe that recreates the Japanese elementary school lunch experience.

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Catholic iconography at Christon Café.

Christon Café

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

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An un-rennovated tunnel at Crown Finish Caves

Brooklyn, New York

Crown Finish Caves

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

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The Apollo boilerplate.

Franklin, Pennsylvania

Dairy Queen Apollo Capsule

Priceless space junk on display in front of a local Dairy Queen.

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The Mai-Kai's roadside sign.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Mai-Kai Restaurant

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

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Underwater bar (Planet Oddity)

Red Sea Star

Underwater restaurant at the coral reefs of Eilat.

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Looking down one of the supermarket's aisles

Shanghai, China

Shanghart Supermarket

This supermarket in Shanghai appears to be a typical Chinese convenience store, but all of the bottles are empty and all the containers are filled with nothing but air.

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The Currywurst Museum.

Berlin, Germany

Deutsches Currywurst Museum

A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.

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Poster explaining that a simple dish of pasta is cheap and can help relieve world hunger

Museo Nazionale delle Paste Alimentari

This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.

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L'Extra-Terrasse during its brief heyday

Saint-Simon, Québec

L' Extra-Terrasse

For a brief moment, the world was given a flicker of the future of fast food, thanks to a visionary inventor.

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Queens, New York

The Golden Shopping Mall

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

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Kewpie Labratory

Kewpie Itami Mayonnaise Factory

The Japanese mayo factory famous for its cute mascot.

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Mystery Soda Machine

Seattle, Washington

Mystery Soda Machine

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

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Thanksgiving Grocery, "Cuisine de la Louisiane."

Thanksgiving Grocery

An all-American grocery store in Paris sells U.S. "cuisine" like Pop-Tarts and Heinz ketchup to homesick ex-pats.

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Batalion Comic Book Museum and Club

Prague, Czechia

Batalion Comic Book Museum and Club

This bar and museum are devoted to the controversial comic book work of Kája Saudek.

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A Frisbie Pie truck (in the Museum of Connecticut History)

Bridgeport, Connecticut

The Frisbie Pie Company

The location of the pie company that gave a classic toy its name is now a parking lot.