One of the oldest family businesses in Reykjavík serves lamb-based hot dogs.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

This rustic cabin, outfitted with gun slits, was once home to John D. Tewksbury, patriarch of the bloodiest family feud in American history.

Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House On Haunted Hil" to a robot hunter's pad.

America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

A wealth of pop culture statuary and green chile dishes give this roadside restaurant clout.

Rummage through this sunken ship, but leave your scuba gear at home.

This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.