Places marilynljanes Wants to Go

A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.

Once the site of seances, this restaurant is said to be haunted by several ghosts.

With a history dating back to Victorian times, this architectural gem is a rare New York tourist haunt worth visiting.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

New York's transit system peddles terrible food in limited windows—this restaurant is a rare exception.

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

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

Love, knishes, and best wishes from this legendary Lower East Side bakery.

Perhaps the most storied New York City eatery, Delmonico’s reshaped American restaurants.

At this historic Huntington diner, a century of stories hovers over every booth.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.

Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie.

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

Dine in a former general store from the Roaring Twenties, when Eggleston was a hot springs boomtown.

An elegant German-style resort overlooking the Potomoc River.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.

Dine like an American revolutionary at Colonial Williamsburg.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.