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

This pirate-broadcasting-tower-turned-restaurant played a rebellious role in the history of Dutch television.

Famed for its pie, this eatery has a hidden tunnel that allowed Catholics to secretly walk to church during the Reformation.

This century-old confectioner's outlet store was plucked right out of the Seattle World's Fair.

Once a month, an Indonesian feast appears inside an Elmhurst church hall.

The mosaic Star of David at the front of this store hints that it's no ordinary Italian grocer.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

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

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

This mom-and-pop Japanese sweets shop has been serving cloud-light mochi for almost a century.

Drink among marionettes at this pub inside a historic puppet theater.

Finally, you don't have to be a pious Swedish seaman to relax like one.

This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.

A three-table eatery sits inside the home-kitchen of a seafood virtuoso in Bangkok's Chinatown.

It's bad manners to eat and drink on the subways of Tokyo, unless the train is this bar. 

Come for the bread-themed puppet show, stay for the buffet.

The last of a gourmet supermarket chain, this store helped spark California's Food Revolution.

An on-site urban farm and fish pond supply some of the produce for this upscale restaurant.

Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

A cool dive bar, off the beaten track.

This upscale restaurant specializing in Michoacán cuisine serves sauces tied to important life events.