New York, New York
Economy Candy
Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
Café Reconcile
This non-profit restaurant offers job training and skills to members of the Central City community.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Parkway Bakery and Tavern
Since 1929, this institution has been serving one of the most celebrated po’ boys in New Orleans.
Bronx, New York
Van Cortlandt Burial Ground
A colonial family tomb that once doubled as New York City’s secret records vault.
New York, New York
Unicorn Tapestries at the Cloisters
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
New York, New York
Dyckman Farmhouse
This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Dark Matter Oddities & Artisan Collective
This macabre shop, filled with art, oddities, and taxidermy is hidden in the heart of the French Quarter.
Toronto, Ontario
The Monkey's Paw
A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.
Cold Spring, New York
Jed's Godzilla
In Cold Spring, New York, a shrine containing Godzilla and an assortment of plastic dinosaurs stands dedicated to a teenager who died in a car accident in 1996.
Bronx, New York
West 230th Step Street
The longest step street in the city.
New York, New York
14th Street-Union Square Moving Platforms
The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.
New York, New York
Tompkins Square Temperance Fountain
A reminder to choose water over wine since 1888.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Dooky Chase's Restaurant
Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."
New Orleans, Louisiana
St. Louis Cathedral
This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Union Passenger Terminal Murals
Striking images of New Orleans history, including colonizers, soldiers, Klansmen, scientists, sharecroppers, and more, are depicted in frescoes that line the walls of this transportation hub.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Dr. Bob's Folk Art
Colorful, cheeky signs spill out of legendary New Orleans folk artist Dr. Bob's Bywater studio warning you to "Be Nice—Or Leave."
Biloxi, Mississippi
The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library
A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Mike the Tiger
The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Civil Defense Control Center
An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana Old State Capitol
A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.
Avery Island, Louisiana
Tabasco Museum and Factory
For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Hansen's Sno-Bliz Snoballs
The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Louisiana’s Civil War Museum at Confederate Memorial Hall
The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.
New Orleans, Louisiana
'Birthplace of Dixie' Plaque
The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.
