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The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

Founded by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, this one-room joint's James Beard–winning fry bread is light as a cloud.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

The exterior of this home was used for the hit television show, The Brady Bunch.

Find regional specialties from the Thai-Laotian border inside in a North Hollywood swap meet's food court.

Pay your respects to departed pets, both celebrity and otherwise.

A free library to stumble across, one of many placed worldwide if you know where to look.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

Hand-crafted tributes to a stray cat named "Room 8" now cover this LA elementary school.

An historic and oft-filmed spot for musclebound iron pumpers on the Pacific coast.

Friendships have been forged over ham and eggs every Wednesday morning for a century.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

An iconic location along the Los Angeles River where countless movie scenes are filmed.

A Bicycle Path in the Sky.

Because there's no place like home.

Los Angeles's oldest cemetery allows visitors to trace the history of this proud city.

Every weekend, the parking lot of this Buddhist temple turns into a Thai street-food paradise.

Dozens of feral felines rule a segment of Hollywood's only graveyard.

After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.

Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.