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New York, New York

Gem Spa

For almost a century, this East Village newsstand has served egg creams to beats, hippies, punks, and everything in between.

Inca Kola stands out in a world dominated by brown colas.

How Peru’s Inca Kola Triumphed Over Coke

Appeals to patriotism helped it become the country’s signature flavor.

Mark Hay August 13, 2019

Entrance to the Coca-Cola vault.

Atlanta, Georgia

Coca-Cola Secret Formula Vault

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

Pai Tavytera and Kaiowa leaders and representatives assemble to discuss stevia and biopiracy.

The Indigenous Tribes Fighting to Reclaim Stevia From Coca-Cola

Guaraní have long cultivated the plant, which they introduced to a world hungry for natural sweeteners.

Eric J. Wallace July 12, 2019

Green River Soda

After thriving during Prohibition, this soda fountain staple was immortalized in a song by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

This bottle sold for more than $100,000.

objects of intrigue

See the Lone Survivor of Coca-Cola's Prototype Bottles

It had eluded even the most dedicated bottle treasure hunters.

Matthew Taub April 5, 2023

Banta

This sweet and salty Indian drink keeps an endangered soda bottle in business.

Thums Up's marketing enjoined consumers to "Taste the Thunder!'

When India Kicked Out Coca-Cola, Local Sodas Thrived

Some still reign today.

Kylie Obermeier February 15, 2019

Pops' Root Beer Bread Pudding

This Route 66 institution goes the extra mile for soda-based indulgence.

RC-MoonPie Festival

Every year, one tiny Tennessee town celebrates this sugary Southern duo.

Kofola

The sweet-and-sour soda almost disappeared with the collapse of communist rule in then-Czechoslovakia.

Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale

Birmingham's sinus-clearing soda was a popular way to enhance bootlegged hooch during Prohibition.

Vicksburg, Mississippi

Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

Gold-capped for less hot, red-capped for spicy-hot.

Blenheim Ginger Ale

The story of South Carolina's sweet-hot soda begins with a chance discovery during the Revolutionary War.

Boost!

South Jersey's signature syrup has been flavoring sodas and shakes for more than a century.

Apple Beer

Utah's favorite nonalcoholic beer got its start more than a century ago as a German brew.

Julmust

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

Skal

Meet Japan's first milk soda.