This charming, hidden guild museum holds some 700 years of crossbow history.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

The only subterranean ping pong table in Atlanta.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

A unique music museum housed in a historic Boston theater.

Radical Bookstore and Community Space.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Maine's oldest diner also happens to win acclaim for its elevated comfort food.

After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

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

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.