Old vessels have been transformed into artistic canvases in this unusual cemetery.

This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.

To enter this cluttered-yet-cozy sanctum of Belgian brews, ring the bell and tell the gatekeepers you've come “to taste beer.”

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

From working out of his garage to the James Beard semifinals, one Tucson baker has kept his fan base—and his grains—local.

Run by members of the Tohono O'odham Nation, this community farm nurtures traditional desert cultivars.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.

If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

Shop while you wait for a table in this tiny Indonesian eatery within a mini-mart.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

Eat first, shop later at this eatery within an Asian grocer.

Sited in an Inner Mongolian desert are the remnants of an important trade stop along the Silk Road.

The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.