A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

The ruins of a prehistoric village hide on a remote Taiwanese island.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

Eat green onion ice cream and other allium-centric treats at this unusual museum.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

Grandpa Rainbow felt the neighborhood needed some color, so he picked up a paintbrush and went to work.

A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.

A small alleyway lined with locally drawn scenes of nostalgic anime and cartoon characters.

For more than two centuries, this family-run establishment has been serving up some of Ireland's best oysters.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.

Gargantuan pots of slow-cooked lamb, noodles, and red wine feed everyone at a Mallorcan harvest festival.

In this rare traditional factory, three generations of know-how, several strong cows, and a one-ton mortar come together to make Yogyakarta's famous "ugly noodles."

One of Kyoto's oldest food establishments has supplied soba noodles to temple priests and the Imperial Palace.

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

This Singaporean food-court stall was home to the world's cheapest Michelin-starred meal.

The oldest pastificio in Queens offers visitors fresh noodles and a peek inside the macaroni-making magic.

This tiny museum immortalizes the birthplace of an iconic Chinese-Korean noodle dish.

Fans line up at the crack of dawn for a slurpy bowl of deliciousness at this noodle counter inside a factory.