These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

Near Birmingham, England three and a half miles of top-secret tunnels housed a World War II “shadow factory” and a Cold War nuclear bunker.

This Cold War–era underground city includes offices for Mao Zedong and Lin Biao.

Once the fallout shelter of a dictator, this sprawling bunker is now a combined history museum and contemporary art gallery.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

This disused Cold War bunker has been restored to all of its early 60s glory.

The only remaining Cold War–era Minuteman II missile control center in Missouri.

This Cold War–era fallout shelter was actually a storage facility for the nation's emergency currency.

A southern Swedish island is home to the last ERSTA artillery battery, meant to protect the shoreline during the Cold War.

A former special storage facility for documents during the Cold War.

Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

Canada's subterranean Cold War museum has doubled as a movie set.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.

A top secret Cold War bunker hidden beneath a Latvian spa facility is now open for tours.

A B.Y.O.B. Mexican cantina lives inside one of the last tortilla factories in Brooklyn.

An everyday Jackson Heights bodega conceals a Mexican seafood paradise.

Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.

In a busy Oaxaca market, a nearly century-old drinks stand still serves family recipes from giant clay pots.

Enter the deli, walk until you hit the taxidermy, then order some hot, homey guisado.

One of the city's few vendors selling the Sierra Norte's ancestral beverage lies within a hidden farmers market.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.