Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.

A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.

This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.

Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.

This cafe offers a curated collection of treats and tipples made by monks and nuns.

Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.

This beloved Baltimore spot features caged dolls, a giant Pez collection, and many, many mannequins.

In a largely deserted ghost town, a little brick building recalls its history as a gold rush hub and haven for outlaws.

One of the few surviving examples of Victorian-era public toilets now houses a small homestay.

Nestled amid the peaks and lochs of the Scottish Highlands, this inn and pub has played host to outlaws and ghosts.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

This diner's a kitschy dreamland for anyone whose heart is stuck in the 1980s.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

Drink your espresso at a Victorian-era urinal in this underground-restroom-turned-coffee-bar.

This riverside restaurant has been serving customers since 1146.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

The Route 66 institution that inspired Taco Bell also served as an important headquarters for Mexican-American social movements.

An antique store houses the last operational diner from the defunct department store chain.