This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.

This print shop boasts one of the largest pinball arcades in San Francisco.

After a terrible drought, townspeople used wine to build this church.

You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.

This cluttered cantina is famed for its cheese-spiked, raisin-flavored liqueur.

This small Slovenian town has become a magnet for microbreweries.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Each summer, the migratory bats living beneath the bypass form "batnadoes" at dusk.

One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.

The world's first underwater farm is home to more than 700 plants.

At this research institute, the chile is king.

Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.

Burbling away in refrigerators are 105 sourdough starters from around the world.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

A gem in the small Missouri town where Winston Churchill coined the term "Iron Curtain" and effectively began the Cold War.

This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

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

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.