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A researcher performing an experiment on animal nutrition using the Armsby Respiration Calorimeter in the early 1900s.
College Township, Pennsylvania

The Armsby Calorimeter

This 19th century machine put animals (including humans) in boxes to study how they metabolized calories.
Sap tubes in the maple forest at Crown Maple.
Dover Plains, New York

Madava Farms at Crown Maple

The second largest maple syrup producer in the U.S. runs a high-tech operation.
Riverside, California

The Ark of Citrus

The Citrus Variety Collection at UC Riverside contains two trees of each of the 1,000+ varieties of citrus.
Earth Eagle Brewings
Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Earth Eagle Brewings

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.
Festival sign
Gordonsville, Virginia

Gordonsville Fried Chicken Festival

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.
This is the Irwindale California headquarters of Huy Fong Foods.
Irwindale, California

Huy Fong Foods Sriracha Factory

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.
The Grave of John Matthews
Brooklyn, New York

Grave of John Matthews: The Soda Fountain King

Final resting place of the immigrant who brought artificial seltzer water to America.
Boston, Massachusetts

The Earl of Sandwich

A men’s restroom became a sandwich shop.
Delicious industrial goodness.
food

The Long Death of Product 19, the Most Beloved Cereal You've Never Heard Of

Despite a devoted fanbase, it has disappeared.
Eric Grundhauser November 7, 2016
Torun, Poland

Toruń Gingerbread Museum

Once a giant gingerbread factory, this space now hosts exhibits and workshops on the historic treat.
Mmmm
Hurricane, Utah

Pioneer Heritage Museum

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.
Typical items in an 18th-century kitchen.
food

In the 1800s, Sick People Would Consult Cookbooks Before Doctors

Need to bake a pie AND cure consumption?
Lauren Young October 28, 2016
Bobbing for apples could predict who you'd marry.
food

The Forgotten Halloween Games That Predict Who You'll Marry—And When You'll Die

How to use produce to divine the future, on one night only.
Sarah Laskow October 28, 2016
The cupping and hand dipping room for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, c. 1935.
food

Was It Hershey or Reese That Made Peanut Butter Cups Great?

The surprising story of how "two great tastes" came together.
Hallie Lieberman October 27, 2016
An illustration of tomatoes from an 1893 catalogue of seeds.
31 days of halloween

When Tomatoes Were Blamed For Witchcraft and Werewolves

People have feared tomatoes for 600 years.
Romie Stott October 24, 2016
The Rookwood Ice Cream Parlor
Cincinnati, Ohio

Rookwood Ice Cream Parlor

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.
The Vouves olive tree.
Ano Vouves, Greece

Olive Tree of Vouves

The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.
Franken Berry and the other Monster Cereals remain cult favorites.
food

The 1970s Monster Cereal That Caused a Pink Poop Panic

"Franken Berry Stool" was a common childhood ailment.
Cara Giaimo October 10, 2016