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A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

Dim sum, served in a grand old theater.

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

Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

Proceeds from this colorful teahouse in a historic Atlanta neighborhood directly fund women’s education in northeast India.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

Commemorating the planting of trees by the Atlanta chapter of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo.

Final remnants of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition.

This Native American petroglyph marks the location of an important, Creek trail.

Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.

The first singer to cut a country music record is buried in a small graveyard in Atlanta, Georgia.

Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.

Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.

A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.

A French library that makes sure its love of books is writ large... giant in fact.

Dedicated to the history and culture of smoking, this small museum now includes a vape lounge.