Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Modern Diner
The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.
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Pawtucket, Rhode Island
The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.
Queens, New York
Some of New York's best tacos can be found in the back of an unassuming bodega in Queens.
New York, New York
This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
Montreal, Québec
The Jewish diaspora shares a menu at this museum café.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This restaurant offers a side of antiques, curios, and a bathroom chock full of owls.
Essex, Connecticut
British troops and Prohibition couldn’t stop this spot from becoming one of the United States' oldest continuously-run taverns.
Boston, Massachusetts
This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.
Newberry Springs, California
The set location for a 1987 cult classic draws international film buffs to the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Kansas City, Kansas
Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?
Philip, South Dakota
Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.
Lemmon, South Dakota
This monument remembers one of the manliest men of the frontier who fought a grizzly before dragging himself 200 miles to safety.
Vermillion, South Dakota
Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."
Manitowish Waters, Wisconsin
A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.
Lincolnshire, Illinois
This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.
Joliet, Illinois
A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.
Shelton, Washington
The second tallest railway trestle bridge in America.
Bellingham, Washington
An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.
Forks, Washington
This large Sitka spruce that appears to be floating in mid-air, has defied logic for years.
Serik, Turkey
The best-preserved ancient theater in the world.
Çanakkale, Turkey
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
Selçuk, Turkey
The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.
Selçuk, Turkey
Carvings in Turkey's Marble Road may have directed ancient Romans to a hidden brothel.
Kuşadası, Turkey
A charming beach town in Turkey captures all the colors of the rainbow.
Kuşadası, Turkey
This Turkish cave boasts some rather bizarre associations with the King of Mount Olympus.