At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

Don’t miss the local staple of rice vermicelli with charcoal-grilled pork patties and pork belly.

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

An extraordinary collection of vampire-themed antiques lurks on the second floor of a store.

A former nuclear facility during the Cold War turned nature preserve.

The oldest county library in the United States.

Dozens of striking Indian symbols cover the second-floor hallways of this rural courthouse.

Historical structures and natural wonders await visitors to this preserve.

How did a massive marine arthropod find its way to landlocked Ohio?

Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.

The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

The oldest automobile museum in the United States.