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The impeccably spiced roast pork buns at this bakery are worth the wait.

This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.

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

This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

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

Serving Central Asian breads that range from cracker-crisp to warm and fluffy, this bakery brings Bukhara to Queens.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

A museum dedicated to all things vinegar in rural South Dakota.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

High seas history comes to life at this immersive museum with an on-site tavern.

Papier-mâché folk art recognizing horrors of slave trade.

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.

The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.

The highest point in Mississippi is a hilltop that was once used to bombard a nearby town with artillery.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.