Rockford, Michigan
The Corner Bar and Hot Dog Hall of Fame
With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.
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Rockford, Michigan
With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.
Seattle, Washington
Feeding hungry Ballard boat workers since 1922.
Oakland, California
International delicatessen has been owned and operated by the same family for more than 110 years.
Le Roy, New York
The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.
Queens, New York
Snack on a partially gestated duck egg.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Brooklyn, New York
“Invented in Key West, Perfected in Brooklyn."
Pasadena, California
Whiskey lovers, this is your happy place.
Penn Yan, New York
This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.
Lynchburg, Tennessee
All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.
Ashburn, Georgia
A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.
Chicago, Illinois
Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.
Bishop, California
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.
Mentone, Indiana
A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."
Chicago, Illinois
What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.
Norfolk, Virginia
This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.
Columbus, Georgia
Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
New Haven, Connecticut
While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.
Boston, Massachusetts
A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.
Gordonsville, Virginia
This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.