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

The inventor of the Coney Island hot dog rests in a grand mausoleum in Brooklyn.

This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.

The final resting place of one of the most important figures in the world of tea.

Sip whey-based vodka at the first Native-owned distillery opened on a reservation in centuries.

An eatery within the Minneapolis American Indian Center writes colonial ingredients out of the story of Native American cuisine.

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

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

The Boston square dedicated to the dark poet who was born nearby.

The quaint little Vermont town played a quaint little Connecticut town in Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice."

The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.

The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg's famous shark movie.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.

This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

This historic old movie house was the scene of one of the Blob's most iconic attacks.

For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."

This outpost of America's most popular fast-food restaurant is housed inside a palatial mansion.

A daybeacon pyramid is about all that's left of this island that is said to have sunk due to a pirate's curse.

A diverse, expansive nature preserve in northeastern Kansas.

A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.