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Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale

Birmingham's sinus-clearing soda was a popular way to enhance bootlegged hooch during Prohibition.
Bottles upon bottles of whiskey, neatly organized and hidden for a century.
prohibition

For Sale: Pre-Prohibition Whiskey, Once Hidden in a Vault Behind a Bookcase

Naturally!
Sarah Laskow December 3, 2018
A Carry Nation figure, with hatchet.
Savannah, Georgia

American Prohibition Museum

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.
The Dhobi Talao neighborhood in Mumbai.
bars

Remembering the Clandestine 'Aunty Bars' of Prohibition-Era Bombay

Grabbing a drink once meant moonshine in a neighbor's living room.
Abbey Perreault September 3, 2018
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Brennivín

Anyone for a shot of “Black Death”?
The Dreamland supper club is famed for its french-fried turkey breast.
restaurants

Inside the 'Trend-Free' World of Wisconsin's Supper Clubs

Born out of Prohibition speakeasies, they're getting a second wind.
Anne Ewbank August 9, 2018
During WWII, sailors aboard a US Navy cruiser at sea flocked to the ice cream fountain.
military history

Why the U.S. Navy Once Had a Concrete Ice Cream Barge

The portable parlor sustained sailors on the high seas.
Paula Mejia July 5, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Rock N' Rye Pop

A Prohibition-era flavor from a soda company beloved by Detroiters and Juggalos.
"A Map of Chicago's Gangland," from 1931, is full of morbid jokes and facts. Click to zoom in.
maps

How Many Liquor Bottles Can You Find in This 1931 Map of Chicago?

The "Gangland Map" features drunken fish and goofy jokes alongside descriptions of brutal murders.
Cara Giaimo June 4, 2018
Stonehouse in Reeder's Alley.
Helena, Montana

Stonehouse in Reeder's Alley

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.
A federal chemist at work.
food

During Prohibition, Federal Chemists Used Poison to Stop Bootlegging

They tried to make industrial alcohol too lethal to drink.
Anne Ewbank May 9, 2018
Tulsa Cave House.
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Cave House of Tulsa

A former chicken restaurant that doubled as a speakeasy is now a quirky home full of wonderfully strange traditions.
A maraschino cherry adorns a slice of pineapple upside down cake.
food

How a Vibrant, Factory-Made Sweet Usurped the Original Maraschino Cherry

The same term describes two wildly different cherries.
Robert Lamb April 24, 2018
H.L. Mencken drinks his first swig of legal beer at Baltimore's Rennert Hotel on April 7, 1933.
beer

The Day Americans Drank Breweries Dry

Eight months before Prohibition officially ended, the country celebrated "New Beer's Eve."
Daniel Crown April 6, 2018
A bottle of Angostura bitters.
food

How a Tiny Wisconsin Island Became the World’s Biggest Consumer of Bitters

On Washington Island, drinking Angostura shots is the rule, not the exception.
Leigh Kunkel March 5, 2018
Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
Saint-Pierre, France

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

These colorful French islands spent a stint bootlegging booze during American Prohibition.
Official prescription pad for medicinal alcohol issued to Dr. W.W.F. Dykes, 1933.
food

The Lucrative Business of Prescribing Booze During Prohibition

Those looking to self-medicate could score at the doctor's office.
Paula Mejia November 15, 2017
The basement jail cell, with its rare yellow bricks.
Frostburg, Maryland

The Jail in the Gunter Hotel

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.