The world's foremost museum dedicated entirely to the abacus.

A unique piece of graffiti offers a little slice of local history and mystery.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

The 10-foot-tall vegetables belong to Michigan’s first food rescue program.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.

Unusual books about food and drink abound in this 19th-century New York townhouse.

Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.

Transport yourself to the 1980s era of video games at this themed restaurant and bar.

Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

This surreal-looking tree pruned more than 1,000 years ago is still producing olives for oil.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

This restaurant's marvelous musical machines include a self-playing violin.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

A giant knight, sex education, date shakes, and Jesus coexist happily in this Coachella Valley desert oasis.

A relic from a forgotten bakery chain still spins atop a diner.

From sax to spuds, get 'em all at this landmark music establishment.

The first privately-owned space capsule to orbit and land carried a secret payload: a wheel of Le Brouère.

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.