A Red Hook dive bar that is holding onto its roots.

The cuisine at this Sheepshead Bay spot tells the story of a displaced Muslim Chinese community.

The last slot car racing arcade in Brooklyn is keeping the dream of speedy little autos alive.

The only gallery in New York dedicated to olfactory art and the exploration of scent in art.

This vacant church in the Financial District was once the heart of New York's first Syrian immigrant community.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

Deliciousness abounds at a Guatemalan restaurant masquerading as a pizzeria.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

This collection of grinning ephemera has grown from basement to Brooklyn.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

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

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

A winery built on the site of a Gallo-Roman estate uses historical tools to recreate ancient vintages.

Parts of the civil rights movement unfolded in this historic eatery, helmed by the "Queen of Creole Cuisine."

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

You can explore the halls of tombs in the abandoned former capital of the Zapotecs.

At this coffee shop, each drink celebrates African-American history and luminaries.

In Little Caribbean, an ice-cream shop serves up regional flavors, including soursop, Irish moss, and "greatnut."

The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.

Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

The 28,000-year-old specimen is remarkably intact.