Sammy’s Bowery Follies was not the first “dive bar” nor did they invent the idea of “slumming” but for a stretch of time through the 1940s to the 1960s, Sammy’s was New York’s best example of both.
Is there a curse on the souvenir rocks you take out of the Petrified Forest National Park? Every year, those who have taken rocks as souvenirs mail them back with letters that tell how the curse of the rocks has affected their lives in ways quite strange. If the curse is true, postcards make better souvenirs.