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This candy shop has been serving up sweets to the Louisville area since the 1850s.

Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

A futuristic temple of light uses prisms and rainbows to create an atmosphere of peace.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

A visionary precursor to the Internet made of index cards.

A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.

Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

Scrap material from around Eritrea finds a new life at this outdoor market, where upcycling is a lifestyle.

A home base for Judy Chicago, one of America's leading radical feminist artists.

All that remains of this abandoned coal town is a beautiful, haunting cemetery.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

New Zealand's only inland salt lake goes through a constant cycle of filling, evaporating, and refilling.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

This small cemetery contains the graves of prisoners of war who were interred at Fort McClellan during World War II.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

This collection of vintage signs reflects the long and colorful history of this Arizona town.