New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
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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.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."
Bury Saint Edmunds, England
The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.
Seattle, Washington
Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
New Haven, Connecticut
While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.
Cochrane, Wisconsin
Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.
Union, Connecticut
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
Seattle, Washington
The historic bar where local ship captains, traders, and gold miners would come together to do business a century ago.
Flåm, Norway
A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.
Longyearbyen, Norway
The world's northernmost brewery uses water from a 2,000-year-old glacier to create its beer.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A Harvard-area eatery preserves the uncovered tiles of its century-old predecessor.
Whitby, England
This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.
Sonora, California
A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.
New York, New York
Nikola Tesla's former home contains an homage hidden from plain sight.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The oldest tavern in Lowell has dedicated fans of its fan.
Detroit, Michigan
One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.
Alexandria, Virginia
The only place for a truly presidential dram.
London, England
This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.
Ellsworth, Maine
This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.
Dublin, Ireland
This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.