The oldest restaurant in Portland serves fiery coffee cocktails and an astounding amount of turkey.

One of the most comprehensive collections of historic Native American culture in the country reframes artifacts as artwork.

A mile-long audio-guided walking tour preserves an iconic era of Portland soul music.

This indoor-outdoor Portland market is an ode to the lesser-known corners of Latin America’s varied foodscape.

“The Cajun Music Capital of the World” has kept things French in a Louisiana prairie town for over 75 years.

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

One of the last remaining venues on the Old Chitlin’ Circuit is a kaleidoscopic music hall at the end of a dirt road.

A cheeky alleyway window hosts tiny rotating exhibits with outsized charm.

A fictional Coupe DeVille built by hand and gifted to the Man in Black himself.

A roadside music shop featuring a confounding series of folk art installations.

The centerpiece of the Delta Blues Museum is a wooden sharecropper’s cabin that once housed a titan of blues music.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

This 19th-century benevolent society and jazz hall was rescued from abandonment to again host live music.

The oldest active juke joint in the state sustains a niche school of blues guitar.

A museum within a former train depot tells the true story of a distinctly French-Louisiana musical genre.

A 1980s tour bus that traveled millions of miles to facilitate a superlatively rigorous performing career.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

A 1960s damming project turned one family’s hilltop cemetery into an island.

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

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.