Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

The frozen treats at this Cape Town parlor are inspired by Africa's food cultures.

Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.

At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.

The hot chocolate here all stems from small, sustainable microproducers in Chiapas and Tabasco.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

On a small Slovenian island, diners can mix and match a classic cake into dozens of sweet and savory flavor combinations.

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

This water goblin statue represents a 19th-century urban legend about a haunted canal that became a Japanese idiom.

Only recently added to the shrine, this googly-eyed snail demon of unknown origin is said to have eye-healing powers.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.

A mysterious and terrifying public art goblin seemingly meant to inspire local legend.

The strange “kaiju” of Lake Imba that allegedly killed over a dozen men with a single strike of lightning.

This tiny Swedish troll protects the land and all who wander within it.

A grumpy old water goblin guarding an old mill on the Devil’s Stream in Prague.

Shrine to Japanese water-goblins, complete with their preserved body parts.

Dedicated to a strange, local cryptid beloved by all.