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A Montreal deli that was so beloved that it was allowed to circumvent their laws of language.

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

The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.

A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.