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Ketchikan, Alaska

Creek Street District

A historic area for shopping and dining in Ketchikan's former red-light district.
Virginia Beach, Virginia

The Historic Cavalier Hotel and Beach Club

Constructed during the roaring 20s, this restored historic hotel recalls its past as home to the first in-hotel distillery.
Wooden walls at the Green Mill
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13 Places Al Capone Visited

Walk in the footsteps of America’s most notorious gangster.
Hal Koss April 4, 2025
F. Scott Fitzgerald poses in his military uniform in 1917; he was sent to Camp Zachary Taylor in Louisville in March 1918.
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The Great Gatsby’s Grand American Dream Began in Louisville

How this Kentucky city fueled the imagination of F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hillside, Illinois

Al Capone’s Grave

Burial site of the notorious Chicago gangster.
Arlington, Texas

Top 'o Hill Terrace

A Prohibition-era casino once hidden as a palatial tea room.
Winnemucca, Nevada

The Martin Hotel

It may no longer take overnight guests, but the Martin still makes out-of-towners feel at home—just like it has for the past century.
Social campaigners of the 1920s tried to make mocktails glamorous, but today Prohibition is primarily remembered as the era of speakeasies and bootleggers.
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7 Wild Stories From the Prohibition Era

The 18th Amendment had some unexpected side effects, from alcohol prescriptions to the rise of NASCAR.
April White January 12, 2024
Jensen, Utah

Josie Morris Cabin

This maintained cabin is where Josie Morris, an occasional associate of Butch Cassidy, lived out the last 50 years of her life by herself.
A rare counter-example to the flood of Temperance maps.
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This Prohibition-Era Map Is a Love Letter to Alcohol

See dozens of 1920s cocktails from a time when alcohol was illegal in the U.S.
Frank Jacobs December 22, 2023
Louisville, Kentucky

Rathskeller Room

A ceramic-tiled room at the Seelbach Hotel said to have secret tunnels used by Al Capone and a crowd that helped inspire F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'
San Francisco, California

The Trocadero

This historic roadhouse has many tales to tell of San Francisco's early history.
Ellinwood, Kansas

Wolf Hotel

This historic Ellinwood hotel is also home to underground tunnels that were a popular haunt during Prohibition.
People spent significant time and effort making non-alcoholic drinks glamorous.
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The Prohibition-Era Effort To Make Mocktails Fun

Socialites and social campaigners joined forces to create tempting temperance drinks.
Kirstin Fawcett January 24, 2023
Owls still keep watch over the bar.
Baltimore, Maryland

The Owl Bar

At this former Prohibition speakeasy, electric birds signaled the arrival of hooch.
A Carry Nation figure, with hatchet.
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6 Surviving Monuments From the Movement That Tried to Ban Booze

As we enter Dry January, check out these reminders of when the teetotalers came for the gin joints.
Diana Hubbell January 3, 2022
DeSoto Caverns
Childersburg, Alabama

Majestic Caverns

Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.
An Old Fashioned (typically made with brandy in Wisconsin) at Buckhorn Supper Club.
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How Wisconsin Became the Center of the ‘Brandy Belt'

The state with the biggest cocktail culture has an enduring affection for the spirit.
Amiee Maxwell January 28, 2021