A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.

Housed in an old British jail, this spot serves up Georgian, Russian, and Ukrainian specialities with a side of Turkish history.

North America's first Indigenous-owned winery is located within Canada's only desert-like ecosystem.

This historic pub is a hidden gem for fans of Lewis Carroll.

The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.

A Ukrainian church canteen doles out hearty fare in an East Village basement.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

World's largest collection of serial killer artwork and other macabre exhibits.

Order “Proletariat’s Cutlet” at this communist-themed restaurant allegedly once visited by Lenin.

You must take the A train... to the last active cemetery in Manhattan.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

An eatery within a Bay Area Buddhist temple pulls off all your favorite Vietnamese classics without the meat.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?