At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

“The Place Where Food Grows Near the River” implements ancestral Indigenous agricultural techniques.

What was once a communal kitchen now serves heaping portions of hearty German fare.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

This ambitious restaurant celebrates the culinary traditions of the Ozarks before 1870.

A subterranean haunt where wine and homemade biscottis are always on the menu.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

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

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Texas's oldest bakery serves authentic German pastries, including legendary strudel.

Sample cuisine inspired by the Great Plains indigenous people who have been gathering at this sacred Canadian Heritage Park for 6,000 years.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.