This preserved village shows the modest lifestyles of the area's 19th-century Chinese gold miners.

This 19th-century hotel and spa hosted famous guests like like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.

Unicorns, elephants, and bears, oh my!

This monument pays tribute to the city’s contribution to basketball history.

Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

Hidden in the Santa Ynez Mountains off Highway 154, this tiny restaurant once served as a stagecoach stop.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver's oldest watering holes.

You don't have to be an ambassador to dine like one.

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

This Russian bar-restaurant lies within a three-story underground bathhouse.

Come for the waffles, stay for more waffles.

Underneath the bustling city streets, a hydroponic farm grows unique herbs in an urban oasis.

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

More than 250 sakes are available in an izakaya hidden in the basement of a Midtown office building.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

With print dying, this local paper keeps the lights on by doubling as a stunning cafe and cocktail bar.

One of the last remnants of the city's Chinese nightclub scene is now a dive bar selling killer mai tais.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

Whimsical cookie-themed plaques mark the birthplace of the Fig Newton.

An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."