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

Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.

German-style coffee and cake, just like Oma used to make it.

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

This ambitious restaurant celebrates the culinary traditions of the Ozarks before 1870.

A 19th-century mansion houses the largest collection of gin in the European Union.

In a quiet residential neighborhood, one restaurant fights to preserve heirloom corn, one tortilla at a time.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

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

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

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

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

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

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.

A museum with a window view of the Himalayas and an on-site climbing wall.

This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

This scenic gorge is named after one of the most famous Bigfoot attacks in pseudohistory.

This picturesque round lake is said to be home to the legendary Mokèlé-mbèmbé.

The Icelandic Sea Monster Museum explores the area's history of aquatic cryptid sightings.

Dedicated to a strange, local cryptid beloved by all.