Places RakelOm Wants to Go

Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

The only thing better than tubing down New Jersey's scenic Delaware River is doing so while eating a hot dog from a giant floating stand.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

For more than 50 years, an iconic sign has greeted visiting “fudgies” to the Traverse City area.

Easily overlooked in favor of the wineries that dot the region, this blast from the past is equally worth the visit.

“The Place Where Food Grows Near the River” implements ancestral Indigenous agricultural techniques.

On the shores of Lake Superior, a small group of monks makes sacred sweets.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.

South Dakota's oldest operating brewery is housed inside a historic firehouse.

A small Wyoming town is home to the state's oldest-operating soda fountain.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

Taos Pueblo recipes, foraged ingredients, and outdoor ovens define the menu at this eatery.

Home to New Mexico's longest bar, this watering hole also has a mining museum and a haunted history.

Owned by Native American women, this brewery is a celebration of indigenous culture in the American Southwest.

This popular pitstop lives up to its name.

This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

The wild west is still alive and well at this authentic mining town watering hole.

A cozy bookstore is tucked within an old gold mine shaft beneath the cafe and ice cream shop.