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The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Enjoy dishes that founding fathers once ate at this Colonial Williamsburg pub.

In the mid-20th century, a tamale-slinging juke joint attracted a diverse clientele in the Mississippi Delta.

A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

The American Revolution was galvanized into serious action due to the tragic clash with British soldiers that occurred at this location.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of "the highest dinner ever held in New York" this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.