Poon Wung, a jolly man, "sleek and fat," was the owner of the laundromat, a front for a “hop hung,” or opium den. Inside the shack’s front door was an empty room, and a curtain hiding the ...

Rebecca Stumpf The oldest continuously operated Chinese restaurant in America is not in San Francisco ... gambling parlors and opium dens. It was the primary source of supplies and entertainment ...

Known today as the oldest Chinatown in North America, San Francisco's Chinatown ... the community was certainly not clean-cut - gambling halls and opium dens thrived in Chinatown, as did prostitution.

The Grand Canyon and Antelope Canyon are both popular day trips north of Sedona, but for something especially unique, head ...