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The Athenaeum, Indianapolis.
Indianapolis, Indiana

The Athenaeum

This stately clubhouse has showcased German-American culture for over a century.
An Olsen Fish Company employee adds fresh water to a bucket of lutefisk.
food

Scandinavian-Americans Are Breaking Up With Lutefisk

But a new demographic is keeping America's largest lutefisk company afloat.
Kirstin Fawcett February 11, 2019
The <em>Capela Nossa Senhora das Neves</em> is notably built out of wine.
churches

Inside a Brazilian Chapel Made Out of Wine

During a drought, church-builders mixed their mortar with the local vintage.
Danielle Bauter January 22, 2019
At Shin Suzuran, Takano handles nettle leaves.
food

How Japanese Immigrants in the Amazon Created a New Cuisine

Native fish sashimi and green papaya pickles provided a taste of home.
Rafael Tonon December 28, 2018
A bowl of Ashlan Fu, ready to be eaten with chopsticks.
food

How Muslim-Chinese Food Became a Culinary Star in Kyrgyzstan

Their signature noodles are eaten for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Richard Collett December 18, 2018
The powerful "Family Reserve" baijiu clocks in at 106 proof.
food

Five Siblings Run the U.S.'s Only Baijiu Distillery in Their Mom's Backyard

Only in Portland.
Anne Ewbank December 17, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Feast of the Seven Fishes

For Italian-Americans, Christmas Eve is all about the seafood.
The Chin Brothers Restaurant and Grocery serves as a community and culinary hub.
food

The Burmese Restaurant at the Heart of 'Chindianapolis'

In Indiana, a restaurant and grocery store offers refugees a taste of home.
Mar Nwe Aye and Charlotte Chadwick December 13, 2018
Volunteers preparing Faith Lutheran Church's lutefisk.
churches

Why a Minnesota Pastor Wrote an Obituary for a Lutefisk Dinner

RIP Faith Lutheran Scandinavian Dinner, 1947-2017.
Anne Ewbank December 6, 2018
Milford Irish Round Tower.
Milford, Massachusetts

Milford Irish Round Tower

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.
Manfred Anson's Liberty menorah.
objects of intrigue

A Menorah That Honors an Immigrant's Story

After escaping the Holocaust, Manfred Anson paid tribute to his new home.
Matthew Taub November 22, 2018
Mashood Shah Faheem inherited his father's <em>achaar</em> (pickle) shop.
food

How Karachi’s ‘Pickle Street’ Preserves the Past

A neighborhood famous for its achaar linked migrants to home.
Rida Bilgrami November 19, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Malasadas

These Portuguese doughnuts have a fervent fanbase in Hawaii.
Cuban refugees wait for U.S. Immigration Service officials aboard the shrimp boat Big Babe at Key West, Florida.
cold war

When Georgia Shrimpers Hauled Cuban Refugees

How a standoff with Castro knocked a hole in the shrimping village of Thunderbolt.
Alexandra Marvar November 5, 2018
Fish and chips by the sea at Hunstanton, Norfolk.
food

How Fish and Chips Migrated to Great Britain

The fried fish was introduced by Jews fleeing religious persecution.
Abbey Perreault October 19, 2018
This image displays the Lithuanian corner of the cemetery. The Croat section is nearby in a heavily wooded area.
Roslyn, Washington

Roslyn Cemetery

Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.
Finnish Heritage Museum.
Fairport Harbor, Ohio

Finnish Heritage Museum

The charming collection celebrates a small Ohio village's Finnish roots.
The museum.
São Paulo, Brazil

Museum of Japanese Immigration in Brazil

Its collection details the experiences of the largest Japanese community outside Japan.