Hangouts with a twist
Some places to eat and drink have a history worth more than the menu. These stories cover cafés, bars and meeting places with famous regulars, odd pasts or remarkable buildings.
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Herräng Manor
Pueblo Canario
Calle Francisco González Díaz 4
Mutabor 
The history of Castillo de San Gabriel in Arrecife
The Baluarte de San Fernando in Melilla
The terraced mortuary temples of Deir el-Bahari
The Tree Hotel
The first hotel with water closets
Construction of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in 1958
Rue Abbé Jean Urbain Obame, Libreville
Mutabor 
The 18th-century Maison des notaires in Saint-Denis
Rue Jean Chatel 18, Saint-Denis
Mutabor 
The Tale of Seven Brave Soldiers: A Monument on the Vistas of Farm Voigtskub,
The three-arched gate of Bab Saadoun
The Four Doors: A complex of caves on Gran Canaria's Montaña Bermeja
Adler and Sullivan's early work in the Jewelers Building
South Wabash Avenue 15, Chicago
No Other
The Historic Denton County Courthouse
West Hickory Street 110, Denton
No Other
The Old Spring Hotel and Tavern
The historical Clay Building in downtown Oakland
10th Street 570, Oakland
No Other
From Lil's Diner to Tanpopo Ramen and Sake Bar
Broadway 893, Albany
No Other
The Timothy Hoxie House on Hillside Street
Hillside Street 135
No Other
The historic sandstone Boylston Building in Boston
Boylston Street 2, Boston
No Other
The Dow Block on Central Square
The SS Stevens Memorial Anchor
A gilded eagle watches over the Indiana Statehouse
The 1956 Evil Clown of Middletown fights a shopping center
The Juan Antonio Garcia House in Albuquerque
Edith Boulevard Northeast 7442, Albuquerque
Leroy
The hotel that burned after the quarries closed
The Site of Simsbury's First School and Home
The soap factory legacy of the J. B. Williams Co. Historic District
John Francis Paramino's bronze memorial in Boston Common
The historic Imbrie Farmhouse in Hillsboro
The toppling and river salvage of the Thorfinn Karlsefni statue
The Comair Flight 5191 Memorial
Arctic Point Fire Lookout near Big Creek
The gilded bronze equestrian statue of Joan of Arc
The 14th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Monument
The Trigon sculpture in downtown Milwaukee
The Spanish–American War Soldier's Monument in Portland
Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors those lost in Vietnam
The Wall of Death: A Sinister and Whimsical Seattle Sculpture
Pulpit Rock: The Methodist Mission site in The Dalles
The Sturgeon Bay Canal Lighthouse in Door County
East Granby Historic District
Poquetanuck Village Historic District
The oldest Greek temple in Italy, lost to the ages
The Soubirane Tower in Villeneuve
The house where Leonardo da Vinci lived his final years
Rue du Clos Lucé 2
Nicolo Ciampini 
The Statue de Racine in La Ferté-Milon
The ruins of Sant Pere vell de Casa Carrera
