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Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.

The most beautiful Taco Bell in the world even has surfboard parking.

This California family's ancestral melon is sold only here.

A watering hole where the options for seating include a bar, patio, or subterranean cave.

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.

A collection of over 15,000 zines works to preserve DIY publishing culture.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

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

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

One man's love for East Coast diner culture brought an entire eatery all the way from New Jersey to Colorado.

The oldest dim sum restaurant in the United States is a nostalgic jewel.

At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

Offering commanding views of the California coastline, this restaurant was a hub for the artists and bohemians of Big Sur.

A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.

Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.

This star-studded Old Hollywood restaurant is where fettuccine Alfredo made its United States debut.

A treasure hunter's tiny bar, harboring celebrities since 1959.

Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.

This graveyard boasts a medley of diverse and imaginative funeral architecture.

Mexico’s first and only Tzotzil Maya bookbinding workshop.