Sucked in like a bird, I sign up for the 90-minute Palm Springs Windmill Tour, an operation that touts itself as the longest continually operating wind farm tour in the country, marking Palm Springs as a sustainable energy pioneer, a contented coyote in the churchyard of the desert.
Lambeau Field is the oldest continually operating N.F.L. stadium, and the third-oldest continually operating site in major sports behind Chicago's Wrigley Field and Boston's Fenway Park.
Debates are certain to erupt if the Bridge Cafe is called the longest-running, continually operating saloon in Manhattan.
Pittsburgh The Monongahela River, a major inland shipping route, houses two of the nation's oldest continually operated locks; each is a half-century past its intended lifespan.
Philadelphia has dozens of theatre companies, among them the Walnut Street Theatre, said to be the oldest continually operating theatre in the country.
It dates back to 1794, according to the Encyclopedia of New York City, and is believed to be the oldest continually operating drinking establishment in New York City.
Some of those New Jersey tomatoes went into Don Pepino Pizza Sauce, which is made in Williamstown at the oldest continually operating tomato canning plant in the nation.
Many of the distilleries on the island get their barley from local brewers Cascade, the oldest continually operating brewer in Australia, or newer craft brewers Moo Brew.
The oldest continually operating restaurant in the city, it bears the original high-beamed ceilings, oak bar and stained-glass windows that graced its 1903 opening.
Dressed in a brown habit, he tells us that this is the world's longest continually operating Benedictine abbey, offering hospitality since 982.
