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Dating back to 1812, this is the oldest racecourse in the Southern Hemisphere.

Dive into an undersea optical illusion off the coast of Mauritius.

Eat green onion ice cream and other allium-centric treats at this unusual museum.

A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.

This fog-enshrouded, antique corner store sells individual slices of wedding-fancy layer cakes from a window.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

An easy to overlook storefront hides some of the most authentic and regionally diverse Chinese food in New York.

This New York florist also sells traditional tofu pudding.

This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.

A garment factory hides a small Dominican eatery in the hallway to its freight elevator.

Some of the best Persian food in New York comes from the front window of an unassuming pizza shop.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

A Wisconsin kitsch palace from the 1930s lives its second life in 21st-century Brooklyn.

2,000 barrels of aging beer hidden in a warehouse at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

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

A ruthless Soviet relocation campaign birthed a new cuisine, and this humble restaurant.

The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.

All of the Malaysian sweets at this shop are made daily with a whole lot of love.

This suburban enclave is home to a very unique art exhibit.

Devotional offerings and pleas for intercession are left at this Depression-era shrine inside a nature preserve.