From food to art and architecture, traveling somewhere is one thing - experiencing that place is another. Skip the tourist stops and delve right into the local dive bar, kitsch cafe or other attraction to get a real sense of what it is like to live, breath, eat and sleep in your destination of choice.
These 14 highly unusual eateries take to the rivers, lakes and seas of the world, including Hong Kong's huge Jumbo Kingdom and Germany's BBQ Donut.
Bigger is better! The time, effort, and expense that goes into something as banal and fantastic as a pencil that has to be moved by a crane is incredible.
These 10 famous festival food fights are all about respecting tradition and blowing off steam... so let he who is without stain throw the first rotten tomato!
Halloween parties are an excellent chance to show off creative cooking skills, and explore the darker depths of your mind's pantry for spooky and gross ideas:
When I'm looking for a snack, my gaze tends to settle on a ludicrously large bag of barbecue chips... but there are some truly wacky flavored alternatives:
These 10 bizarre Pepsi flavors and the creative advertising used to sell them show one side of the war to win soft drink fans' hearts, minds and tastebuds.
Lip-smackin' taste sensations are conveniently delivered right to your tongue thanks to the onset of wildly creative and cool mobile food carts.
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While you're stuck in your cubicle from 9 to 5, there are people out there getting paid to sleep, taste pet food and sniff armpits.
Secret-societies rule the world, Elvis is still alive and working down at the Piggly-Wiggly and giant lizards are in the White House.
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