"Drive as south as humanly possible in Miami-Dade County, and you’ll funnel right to one of our favorite dive bars. Sam’s Hideaway calls itself “the oldest southernmost tavern on the mainland USA, " and walking inside is a form of time travel. The bartenders are on a first-name basis with most of the room—and will be with you before you leave. It’s too easy to spend hours in here, striking up conversations with strangers, drinking bloody marys garnished with Slim Jims, and forgetting about the world outside. But if you do need a change of scenery, go visit their neighbors a few hundred yards away at Last Chance, another worthy dive bar at the edge of the universe." - ryan pfeffer, mariana trabanino