Places Edited by Ian Hall

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

Dedicated to one of the darkest moments in Irish history.

Step into Monet's world at this fine-dining restaurant in the middle of a New Jersey sculpture park.

Rowdy rebels fortified this home during the first popular uprising in United States history.

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

Get fishing gear and craft beer at this restaurant on the pier.

One of the oldest surviving Swedish-American homes in the United States.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

One of the few remaining carousels built by master amusement park carver Charles I.D. Looff.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

This statue of one of baseball’s greatest pitchers looks like something out of a sci-fi horror movie.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

An early life spent in this "Old Kentucky Home" inspired the writings of North Carolina's most famous novelist.

The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

America’s smallest national park site is the former residence of exiled Polish national hero Thaddeus Kosciuszko.

Its diverse collection of computers and technology spans the ages.

If it feels like a speakeasy, that’s because it probably was one.

Alexander Hamilton’s creation caused quite a bit of controversy.

This ruined quarry once produced the distinctive red sandstone used for construction projects in Washington, D.C.

A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.