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This 1618 engraving by Matthaeus Merian the Elder depicts the alchemical universe with the Philosopher's Stone at its center.

How Scholars Cracked a Medieval Alchemist’s Secret Code

Written in a puzzling Latin cipher, it contains his formula for eternal life.

Sarah Durn November 11, 2021

Entrance to the Coca-Cola vault.

Atlanta, Georgia

Coca-Cola Secret Formula Vault

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

Riga Black Balsam

There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.

Cao Lầu

Authentic renditions of this Vietnamese noodle dish rely on the terroir of a single coastal city.

Julmust

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.

Rochester-Style Hot Sauce

This spicy, sloppy meat mixture is thinner than chili, thicker than soup, and perfect atop “garbage.”

Unicum

A bitter liqueur that traces the history of a Hungarian-Jewish family.