New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Goldfield, Nevada
Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.
Port Orange, Florida
Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.
Skagway, Alaska
Originally a brothel during the Klondike Gold Rush, this bar once used dolls to denote when ladies were working.
Huntsville, Utah
Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.
Williams, Arizona
Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.
Zurich, Switzerland
A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.
Ellsworth, Maine
This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.
Dublin, Ireland
This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.
Detroit, Michigan
The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.
Manchester, England
This tiny watering hole claims to have the smallest bar counter in Europe.
New York, New York
One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).
Wayne, Alberta
This ghost-town bar has bullet holes and plenty of stories lurking within its walls.
Antwerp, Belgium
This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.
San Francisco, California
One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.
Natchez, Mississippi
A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.
Sidi Ifni, Morocco
The forgotten remnants of a land-to-sea cable car that was once unique in the world.
Portola Valley, California
The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.
Ballater, Scotland
More than a century old, this cast iron bridge on the Balmoral Estate leads to nowhere.
Coventry, England
This amazing 15th-century mural remained hidden in plain sight for centuries.
Oakland, California
Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.
Montpellier, France
This French anatomy museum greets guests with a skinless man, mid-shovel.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
This mesmerizing, colorful structure looks like a tent made from stained glass.