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Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

The factory for the popular Dumbo location, the Greenpoint shop is a quiet gem.

A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

Montreal's giant farmer's market is a foodie's best friend, especially in the winter months.

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Just outside of Nairobi lies a large estate surrounded by endangered Rothschild giraffes, who have been fed from the window by Mick Jagger and Walter Cronkite.

The oldest continuously operating fish market in the United States.

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

The only place for a truly presidential dram.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

The souvenir got the company’s founder out of a pretty pickle at the World’s Fair.

Puerto Rico's oldest rum producer started its 140-year-old business with "a little barrel."

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

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.