Places Nojestes Wants to Go

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

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

A restored schoolhouse was once a vital part of the Black mill workers community in Arkansas.

The red brick house where the father of rock 'n' roll wrote some of his classic hits.

This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.

Contrary to popular belief, this memorial does not actually claim to mark the bluesman's grave.

One of the most acclaimed eateries in Arkansas is a two-table diner on the ground floor of a family home.

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

The Underground Railroad passed right through this historic Brooklyn Heights church.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.

This small museum dedicated to the painful memory of segregation is essentially a time capsule.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

This former industrial site has transformed into a community sculpture garden that hosts monthly Full Moon parties.

One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.