Queen Trini Lisa in New Orleans, Louisiana
Chef Lisa Nelson serves up sensational doubles, jerk chicken, and other Trinidadian staples.#chefs #restaurants #food #caribbean #diaspora #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
Queen Trini Lisa
Elsie’s Plate & Pie in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Crawfish hand pies, Natchitoches meat pies, and all manner of other sweet or savory, flaky-crusted pastries abound here.#sweetandsavory #bakery #pie #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
Elsie’s Plate & Pie
Rock-Splitting Cherry Tree in Morioka, Japan
A 360-year-old cherry tree grows out of a granite boulder.#courtyard #gardens #rockformations #rocks #naturalhistory #naturalwonders #trees #section-Atlas
Rock-Splitting Cherry Tree
Gloucester Road Underground Station Disused Platform in London, England
The extra platform at Gloucester Road has been used for art displays for over 25 years.#art #underground #section-Atlas
Gloucester Road Underground Station Disused Platform
‘El Mural de la Conquista’ (‘Mural of the Conquest’) in San Bartolo Coyotepec, Mexico
In this state repository of folk art, perhaps no piece is more representative than this brutal work featuring the town’s distinctive black clay pottery.#murals #skulls #art #section-Atlas
‘El Mural de la Conquista’ (‘Mural of the Conquest’)
Smoot’s Grocery Blues Lounge in Natchez, Mississippi
Catch a live blues set in a former 1930s grocery store on the Mississippi River.#bars #music #section-Atlas
Smoot’s Grocery Blues Lounge
Abe’s Bar-B-Q in Clarksdale, Mississippi
Steps from the site where Robert Johnson allegedly sold his soul to the Devil, you'll find this century-old barbecue joint.#restaurants #barbecue #legends #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
Abe’s Bar-B-Q
Dough Nguyener’s Bakery in Gretna, Louisiana
Dunk your doughnut in a Vietnamese egg coffee or come through during Mardi Gras for the highly coveted king cakes.#cake #donuts #coffee #deliciousdiaspora #diaspora #bakery #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
Dough Nguyener’s Bakery
The Tomato Place in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Pull off Highway 61 in high summer for fried green tomato BLTs, turkey legs, and boiled peanuts.#highways #roadsideattractions #sandwiches #tomatoes #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
The Tomato Place
Sanada no Osada in Kirishima, Japan
According to Japanese mythology, the first rice paddy in history was created here many aeons ago.#history&culture #folklore #mythology #rice #section-Atlas
Sanada no Osada
Keelung Tower in Keelung City, Taiwan
The bright-orange, crane-shaped tower offers panoramic views and showcases the city’s maritime identity.#towers #section-Atlas
Keelung Tower
Red’s in Clarksdale, Mississippi
Pay your respects at this juke joint founded by a blues legend of the Mississippi Delta.#blackhistory #bars #musichistory #music #section-Atlas
Red’s
Solly’s Hot Tamales in Vicksburg, Mississippi
The recipe for this Delta staple here hasn’t changed since 1939.#restaurants #food #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
Solly’s Hot Tamales
The Four Way in Memphis, Tennessee
For more than 75 years, this living piece of history has been serving exceptional soul food.#food #civilrights #restaurants #blackhistory #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
The Four Way
Payne’s Bar-B-Q in Memphis, Tennessee
Line up for a hickory-smoked BBQ bologna sandwich at this family-run institution.#sandwiches #meat #restaurants #barbecue #section-Atlas #section-GastroPlace
Payne’s Bar-B-Q
Tetsugakudo Park in Tokyo, Japan
A bizarre philosophy-themed park founded by an occult expert.#philosophy #parks #section-Atlas
Tetsugakudo Park
The Depot Museum in Enterprise, Alabama
A treasure trove of artifacts dating back to the late 19th century in Alabama.#artifacts #rivers #museums #section-Atlas
The Depot Museum
Rock of Kalikatsou in Patmos, Greece
A Christian pilgrimage site that may have also been a temple for the Greek goddess of love.#gods #rocks #pilgrimages #monks #christianity #roman #section-Atlas
Rock of Kalikatsou
Hiorns Tower in West Sussex, England
This 18th-century "castle" is not what it seems.#royalty #castles #architecturaloddities #section-Atlas
Hiorns Tower
House of Soviets in Kaliningrad, Russia
Dominating the skyline of Kaliningrad, the iconic House of Soviets has always been abandoned.#graffiti #architecture #brutalism #abandoned #section-Atlas
House of Soviets
