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Just outside Chicago, one of the few traditional Mongolian restaurants in the U.S. serves a misunderstood cuisine.

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

JFK's assassin rented a room in the boarding house in the weeks leading up to the 1963 shooting.

The statue, located at a mansion-turned-emancipation museum, honors Galveston’s history as the birthplace of Juneteenth.

Cantonese comfort food is on the menu at this Asiatown mainstay.

Get your gift of the gab on Route 66.

Some of the best Chinese-Vietnamese fusion can be found at outposts of this homegrown empire.

At Houston’s longest-running restaurant, find a classic oyster stew beloved by a former U.S. President.

This South-by-South-Asian restaurant serves up Indian-spiced Southern fried chicken and a Desi-style pastrami.

Viet-Cajun is a true hybrid cuisine that evolved in Houston and at this Asiatown mainstay, there’s more to it than just crawfish.

Look no further than this local institution for the best East Texas–style barbecue.

Seven flags adorn this Texas museum, one for each of the powers that have ruled the area.

The unique location where the former president was rapidly sworn in.

The largest underground pedestrian tunnel system in the U.S. mostly caters to the people working in the offices above, but provides a great, air-conditioned way to traverse the city.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

This refurbished gas station is one of the oldest in Texas, located on the original Route 66.

Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.

A spur fit for a giant sits just off Highway 281 in Texas.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.