Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

This enormous monument is one of the most iconic structures in Tokyo, rudely nicknamed "The Golden Turd."

The library of every book lover's dreams.

At this small shop off a dirt road in the forest, the specialty is eel the owner caught and smoked himself.

A bar, burger joint, and arcade housed in a late 19th-century church building.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

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

At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

Here, exhibits come with a side of edible history.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

This neighborhood grocery houses a treasure trove of Eastern European delights.

A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.

This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.

For part of the year, this innovative greenhouse is painted white to keep the plants from getting scorched.

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

Amid the clacking of snooker balls, diners tuck into fiery Bhutanese fare.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

This magnificent herd of stampeding elephants has been frozen in time for over a century.

The world's longest known cave system.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.