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Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

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

This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

This edible park is open to any and all foragers.

The magic's in the hole!

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

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.

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

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

Shop selling 500 flavors of soda has something for everyone.

Brain collection and database that narrows the gap between man and animal.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

Two dozen pinball games hidden away inside a most unlikely location.

Walk through the history of American pop culture.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

Near the state border, cars seem to defy the laws of physics by rolling uphill.

A rare 18th-century heating system tucked inside a historic colonial home.