What do Franklin D. Roosevelt, Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Babe Ruth and Billie Holiday have in common? Not much, except that hotel rooms they once occupied in various American cities are still available for booking.

FDR: The Mayflower in Washington DC: President-elect Roosevelt stayed at the Mayflower before moving into the White House in January 1933. If you’re traveling to Washington and want to stay in Room 776, where FDR worked on his inaugural speech, the price is about $300. marriott.com/hotels/travel/wassh-renaissance-mayflower-hotel

Elvis Presley: He parked his blue suede shoes at the Best Western Trade Winds Courtyard Inn in Clinton OK. The country boy didn’t start out with the wealth of the Roosevelts, and in the days before Graceland, he stayed in more modest hotels.

Of course, the secret to finding a top Mexican or other ethnic restaurant anywhere, is where you see local families having dinner together. If it’s Mexican you want, you’ll know you’re in the right place for a traditional spicy, South of the Border treat.

Of course, there are thousands of excellent Mexican restaurants in the U.S. Our top choices certainly won’t necessarily be shared by others. However, we promise that any gastronomo who sits down at a mesa de comedor at one of these restaurantes will have a fantasico cena.

Las Anitas, Los Angeles CA: W-26 Olvera St., Los Angeles CA 90012, lasanitas.com. Located on historic Olvera Street, the colorful cafe has been serving great Mexican food for 70 years.

A favorite is Baja seafood tacos, made of fresh-caught fried fish on a cornmeal tortilla, served with rice, beans, pico de gallo (fresh salsa) and guacamole.

El Parador Cafe, New York NY: 325 E. 34th St., New York NY 10016, elpardorcafe.com. In Manhattan is the award-winning El Parador Cafe, a favorite for locals and tourists for more than 50 years. Try the seafood paella, a tasty combination of lobster, mussels, shrimp and scallops. Add El Parador’s fiery chile con carne with jalapeno relish.

Roving travel4seniors.com editor snapped this beautiful scene. In his 1947 film, “It Happened In Brooklyn”, as a GI returning from WW2, Frank Sinatra sang:
If you've been a rover,
Journey's end lies over the Brooklyn Bridge.
Don't let no one tell you
I've been tryin' to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.

The Old Western town of Tombstone is just an hour’s drive south of Tucson. If you grew up watching cowboy movies and TV shows, Tombstone is a familiar name. There were the oft-told legends of Boot Hill, Wyatt Earp and the famed gunfight at the OK Corral.

Many movies are about the 1884 incident. A favorite is the 1957 epic, "Gunfight at the OK Corral", starring Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster. John Ford also adopted the story for his film, “My Darling Clementine”, in 1946, starring Henry Fonda and Victor Mature. Another was “Tombstone”, starring Kurt Russell and Kevin Costner in 1993.