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

Who said a biker bar is no place for a taxidermy squirrel collection?

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

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

This Kyoto Starbucks takes coffee drinkers back in time.

Eat like pre-Columbian Native Americans in this New Mexico restaurant within the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.

The oldest candy store in the world has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

Here, cows that make vodka are treated like celebrities.

Located off a bustling strip, a silent teahouse employs workers with hearing- or speech-related disabilities.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

Dive for drinks at Croatia's first and only underwater winery.

Come for the fish sundae, stay for the collection of Studio Ghibli cat buses.

A typical "Old South" manor, once owned by author Anne Rice, served as the setting for several of her witchcraft sagas.

Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

This unique shop is full of memento mori art, antique medical equipment, secret society paraphernalia, and historical relics.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

An impressive collection of dollhouses and an homage to the frog-leg canning industry.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.