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This former abandoned train station converted into a restaurant and small museum is a delight for both casual diners and rail enthusiasts alike.

The United States’s love for black gold began with the accidental discovery of oil in the Ohio countryside.

This Brooklyn curiosity shop has its own magic theater and a singing mechanical bird that sparked an online feud with Kelly Clarkson.

Topped by a distinctive beehive dome, it’s been called by architectural historians and locals, “Brooklyn's Sacré-Cœur.”

How a friendly mining-school rivalry, two adventurous students, and 400 tons of limestone created a Platteville landmark.

The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.

A turn-of-the-century agricultural architecture movement turned out to be a fad that caught on the strongest near Rochester, Indiana.

All of the Malaysian sweets at this shop are made daily with a whole lot of love.

Cooks at this tiny takeout spot grind their rice flour in a stone mill each morning for perfect cheung fun.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

One kilometer of thick brass rod laid out before your eyes.

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

Supremely flaky treats await at Amadou Ly’s boulangerie and patisserie.

Order scoops of pandan, lychee, and black sesame at this family-run institution.

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

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

Slurp sesame noodles at the third-generation family-run establishment that invented them.

A 5,000-pound fiberglass channel catfish perches on the banks of the Red River, occasionally taking a swim when spring floodwaters rise.

This remarkable 125-year-old building has survived a bank heist, a rooftop dragon, and more than a century of changing businesses; today, it lives on as FairyCross Bottle Shop.

Once a vital asset for Southeast Alaska’s timber industry and the backdrop for the gritty 1954 film noir classic Cry Vengeance, the Connell Lake dam now stands as a tragic yet scenic barrier blocking vital fish passage.

It's a fantastical local history museum with real stories -- including the first, and longest operating, traffic signal.

James E. Grosjean's Noah's Ark "spectacular display" is a primitive version of animatronics built in 1901 -- showing the biblical story in a moving diorama of animals and choreographed lights.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.