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Lompoc Valley Drive-In Theatre.
Lompoc, California

Lompoc Valley Drive-In

With its peeling paint and faded sign, this theater-turned-recycling plant is a nostalgic relic of 1950s Americana.
Chinese Parlor in the House of Henry Francis du Pont.
Wilmington, Delaware

Winterthur

A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.
A woodcut used for William Harrison's campaign. In front of a log cabin, Harrison welcomes a soldier, inviting him to rest and drink hard cider.
politics

The Election That Defined What 'Real Americans' Ate and Drank

Large, drunken rallies touted a populist who drank hard cider.
Bruce Kraig January 15, 2018
In 1929, naturalization test-prep guidebooks flew off drugstore shelves.
libraries

A Glimpse of American History Through the Process of Becoming a Citizen

Personal stories of naturalization from the collection of the New-York Historical Society.
Jessica Leigh Hester December 18, 2017
Cows graze in a field of kudzu in 1949.
plants

America's Tumultuous Love Affair With Kudzu

Before the plant was considered a scourge, it was used for decoration, as livestock fodder, and to fight erosion.
Cara Giaimo December 11, 2017
A 19th-century coconut dipper: It's pure Americana.
food

Why 19th-Century Americans Drank From Coconut Shells

A different kind of coconut water craze.
Atlas Obscura December 4, 2017
The American Museum of Western Art—The Anschutz Collection.
Denver, Colorado

American Museum of Western Art

The huge collection of paintings of the American West is one of Denver's best-kept secrets.
A classy-looking sweet potato casserole.
food

The Savvy Marketing That Put Marshmallows on Your Sweet Potato Casserole

"I’ll have it with my Roast … and again for dessert."
Natasha Frost November 20, 2017
Homemade, all-natural, foraged teaberry ice cream from Park Place Café & Restaurant
Gastro Obscura

Teaberry Ice Cream

This Pennsylvania specialty sometimes looks like Pepto-Bismol and smells like Bengay.
Maine Red Snappers hanging at Bean's Meats.
Gastro Obscura

Red Snappers

The reddest of the red meat.
Tennille, Georgia

Pig Monument

An odd and heartwarming stone marker enshrines the moment a community saved a farmer's pig that fell in a well.
farms

Barbed Wire Telephone Lines Brought Isolated Homesteaders Together

And then let them snoop on each other.
Natasha Frost September 25, 2017
A replica of the original McDonald's fries in the McDonald's No. 1 Store Museum.
Gastro Obscura

The Original McDonald's French Fry

The beef fat–fried version that first caught Ray Kroc's eye is now extinct.
A selection of deep-fried peanuts.
Gastro Obscura

Deep-Fried Peanuts

You eat the shell, too.
Uncle Sam Wilson
Troy, New York

Grave of Uncle Sam

The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.