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This North Carolina Restaurant Was Just Named The Best Ramen Spot In The State
The neon noodle-slurping creature in the window tells me pretty quickly that this is not going to be…
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Over 12 Nebraska Christmas Parades And Lighted Tractor Runs Return To Main Streets This December
Santa doesn’t show up just once in one Nebraska town this December. He rolls through on a sleigh…
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This Florida Cracker Barn Is The Best Place To Buy Fresh Cane Syrup Before The Holidays
A family farm that dates to 1850 still grinds sugarcane and cooks syrup the old way every fall….
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Before Becoming A Snack Empire, Utz Started In A Family Kitchen In Pennsylvania In 1921
Fifty pounds of potato chips an hour, made with hand-operated equipment in a summer kitchen. That was the…
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We Ranked 10 Nebraska Christmas Tree Farms And Here Is Who Won
One Omaha tree farm lets you skip the tractor wagon and ride out to your tree on a…
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This California Antique Shop Has Been Selling Rare Treasures Since 1888 And Is Still Family-Owned
Some businesses have been around so long that their history is almost as interesting as what they sell….
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10 Places In Oregon To Eat Breakfast With A Gorgeous View This Fall
You can eat eggs Benedict while looking up through a glass roof at a waterfall that drops more…
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This Connecticut Dairy Farm Makes Artisan Chocolates Using Milk From Its Own Cows
Chocolate usually arrives in a pretty box with absolutely no explanation of where its ingredients came from. You…
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We Ranked The 10 Best Breakfast Restaurants In Central California And Here Is Who Made The Cut
Oyster omelette. That’s a real breakfast order at one stop on this list, served alongside fluffy pancakes, and…
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10 Kentucky Consignment Shops Where You Can Score Designer Fashion Without Paying Designer Prices
You fell in love with a designer handbag online. Then you saw the price and fell back out….
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This Fascinating Go-Kart Track In Michigan Will Get Your Heart Racing In No Time
Electric go-karts hit speeds up to 50 mph here, and they do it inside a shopping mall. Yes,…
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9 Humble Connecticut Chowder Spots So Good They’re Worth A Road Trip From Anywhere In New England
A bowl of chowder doesn’t sound like a particularly dramatic reason to plan a road trip. But when…
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Deep In The Georgia Countryside, This Rugged Park Puts Off-Road Driving Skills To The Test
More than 1,500 acres of rock gardens, ravines, boulders, and mud are waiting for anyone brave enough to…
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This Free Connecticut Christmas Light Display Fills A Park With Over 350,000 Twinkling Lights
Over 350,000 Christmas lights, and you don’t have to pay a penny to enjoy them? That’s the kind…
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The Iconic Delaware Spot Serving Hot Dogs Exactly Like The Old Days
A sign out front says the dogs here go out with the nicest people. I laughed, then realized…
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This North Carolina Spot Offers The World’s Only Night Golf Experience Of Its Kind With Giant Glowing Balls
A 4.5-inch glowing golf ball flying through the dark is not how I usually picture a round of…
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This Kentucky Off-Road Park Offers Mud Pits, Rocky Trails, And Thrilling Hill Climbs
There’s a sand cave out in the Kentucky woods that’s wide enough to drive your Jeep straight through….
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This Georgia Wildlife Safari Lets Visitors Feed Exotic Animals Without Ever Leaving Their Cars
A zebra could poke its striped nose toward your car window, giving you an unforgettable close-up encounter. An…
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This California Neighborhood Market Stays Open Until 2 AM For Late-Night Grocery Runs
A little downtown grocery keeps its doors open until 2 in the morning, every single day of the…
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9 Connecticut Meat Markets Where Buying In Bulk Could Save Families Money
Buying meat for the week can make a grocery bill climb surprisingly quickly. Add a few extra meals…
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This Georgia Farm Animal Sanctuary Gives Rescued Pigs, Goats, And Other Animals A Safe Place To Call Home
A ticket for having too many dogs led to a pot-bellied pig named Mr. Thelma. An animal control…
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Idaho Has 8 Frozen Waterfalls You Reach On A Short Winter Walk
One Idaho waterfall has a trail that slips right behind the falling water. When winter hits, that curtain…
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This Free Georgia Wildlife Sanctuary Spans Nearly 2,000 Acres And Gives Injured Animals A Second Chance
A black bear, a cougar, and a bald eagle all live at the same free nature spot in…
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Connecticut Locals Guard The Secret Of This Remarkably Cheap Neighborhood Market
Finding a genuinely affordable grocery store these days can feel like winning a small lottery. You walk in…
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Two Million Years Of Mammoth Bones Fill The Halls Of This Nebraska Museum
A Columbian mammoth skeleton standing more than 15 feet tall waits inside one Nebraska museum. It’s often called…
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This Kentucky Home Is Where The World’s First Successful Ovarian Surgery Happened On Christmas Day
Think about the last time you complained about a doctor’s waiting room. Maybe the magazines were old, or…
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This North Carolina Christmas Farm Was Just Nominated For America’s Best Holiday Light Show
Twenty-five minutes on a hayride through Christmas lights sounds like exactly enough time for me to forget how…
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This North Carolina Battleship Opens Its Secret Off-Limits Areas For One Day Only This Saturday
The words “normally closed to the public” are usually enough to get me interested. On one special Saturday,…
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This Kentucky Tea Room Serves Authentic British Tea With Fresh Scones That Feels Straight Out Of London
Flowers cascade from the ceiling of this tea room, and nearly everything inside glows in soft pink. Even…
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This Massive North Carolina Book Sale Lets You Fill A Whole Bag For Just $5 This Sunday
Five dollars for an entire bag of books is the kind of deal that makes me forget I…
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This Kentucky Valley Was Officially Named The State’s Country Music Capital, And The Shows Still Go On
The entrance to one music museum here is a set of old horse stables. Those stables once belonged…
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7 North Carolina Farms Where You Can Buy Fresh Chicken Straight From The Farmers Who Raise It
Chickens walking over to greet me while I shop would probably make the whole stop. One North Carolina…
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These 8 Central Coast California Consignment Shops Let You Score Luxury Fashion For A Fraction Of The Price
A designer handbag with a price tag that makes you look twice? That’s the kind of surprise worth…
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This Georgia Suburb Has One Of The Largest Arab Communities In The State, And Most People Don’t Realize It
Belly dancers perform every Friday and Saturday night until 2 AM, right on a quiet suburban main street….
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Just Seven Idaho Fire Towers Still Stand Where Rangers Once Watched
You can still spend the night in a tiny glass room built so someone could spot a single…
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This Tiny Kentucky Coal Town Church Has A Surprising Connection To Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa herself showed up in a small Appalachian coal town in 1982. She came to open her…
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This North Carolina Christmas Show Is Bringing 300 Flying Drones To The Sky This Saturday
Ember is about to get a very unusual stage this Saturday. The tiny cardinal’s holiday story will unfold…
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This New California Korean BBQ Restaurant Is Turning Heads With Its Sizzling Meats And Tableside Grilling
A Korean BBQ spot now fires up Wagyu inside a restored 1920s newspaper building. Yes, the same walls…
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10 Delaware Garden Spots That Feel Peaceful The Second You Arrive
You can stroll through a rose garden in Wilmington that people have been tending since the 1930s, and…
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This Nebraska Historical Marker Recalls Chief Standing Bear’s 1879 Civil-Rights Victory
A federal judge once had to decide whether a Ponca chief counted as a person under American law….
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Hand-Pulled Mozzarella Still Comes Warm Off The Counter At This Old-School Florida Italian Market
Buffalo milk mozzarella sits in a cheese room packed with hundreds of other choices. Somehow, that still isn’t…
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This Delaware Boardwalk Restaurant Serves A Plated Thanksgiving Dinner With The Ocean Right Outside The Windows
A Thanksgiving turkey dinner gets carried to your table while the Atlantic rolls in right outside the window….
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Before Highways Crossed It, Nebraska’s Trail Was A Rail Line And Now Runs 195 Miles For Walkers
A quarter-mile railroad bridge stands about 148 feet above a river, and nobody drives a train across it…
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10 California Towns With Thanksgiving Weekend Traditions Worth Experiencing
A whole town can flip on its holiday lights the very weekend you finish the leftover pie. In…
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Pick Your Own Spot Among 8 Idaho Ice Fishing Lakes That Freeze Solid By Christmas
Henrys Lake sits above 6,400 feet, and the trout people pull through its ice can tip the scale…
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This Historic Roadhouse In Kingston, Idaho Has Outlasted The Silver Valley’s Mining Boom
A restaurant serving fried Rocky Mountain oysters has been feeding hungry travelers since around 1880. That’s older than…
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This Florida City’s Nights Of Lights Wraps Its Historic Streets In Millions Of Holiday Lights
More than three million white lights, and legend says one of them is red. I’d spend an entire…
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The Largest Holiday Market In Southern Oregon Just Opened Its Doors For The Season
More than 200 vendor booths, spread across four buildings, all packed with handmade gifts and holiday treats. And…
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BASE Jumpers Leap 486 Feet Off This Idaho Bridge Above The Snake River All Year
People step off the railing of a busy highway bridge here on purpose, and nobody needs a permit…
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Giant Sequoias Planted Over A Century Ago Still Tower Over This Idaho Arboretum Campus
A giant sequoia, a tree native to California’s Sierra Nevada, has been growing on an Idaho college campus…
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Floor-To-Ceiling Shelves Of Used Books Wait Inside These 9 Idaho Bookstores
One small Idaho bookshop keeps resident cats on staff, and they share the aisles with towering rows of…
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Sprag Pole Bar & Museum Packs Gold Rush History Into The Tiny Mining Town Of Murray, Idaho
A wooden chain stretching 121 feet, carved by one man, hangs in a small-town museum in northern Idaho….
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Idaho Has 7 Words Out-Of-Towners Always Mispronounce And Locals Correct Every Time
Idaho has a county named after Hawaii, and almost nobody outside the state can say it right on…
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This Rustic Michigan Restaurant Has Old-Fashioned Charm That’s Hard To Resist
A business once reported selling about one quart of ice cream a month, yet somehow turned a $900…
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Did You Know Pennsylvania Has A Natural Rock Field Where Boulders Stretch 16 Acres Without A Tree?
Sixteen acres of bare boulders sit in the middle of a Pennsylvania forest, and not one tree grows…
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Fresh Pierogi Are Still Pinched By Hand Inside This Pennsylvania Church Kitchen Every Week
Somewhere in Pennsylvania, church volunteers still peel potatoes by hand, mash them, and tuck them into dough they…
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This Massive Connecticut Italian Market Has Served Homemade Comfort Food And Italian Specialties For Over 90 Years
Ninety years is a remarkably long time to keep people coming back for Italian food. Just imagine how…
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9 Quiet Connecticut Bulk Grocery Stores Where Families Can Stock Up And Save
Grocery bills have a funny way of growing even when you’re convinced you’ve bought almost nothing. A few…
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This Massive 1,500-Acre Virginia Park Transforms Into A Glowing 2.5-Mile Holiday Wonderland Every Winter
Over two million LED lights line a single winding drive here, and you never have to leave your…
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After More Than 20 Years, This Connecticut Mexican Restaurant Has Been Named Small Business Of The Year
Running a restaurant for more than twenty years sounds exhausting when you think about everything involved. The early…
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Shoppers Are Ordering Holiday Meats From 8 Nebraska Smokehouses That Still Cure Over Real Wood
One Omaha meat market has been smoking sausage and ham at the same address since 1949. That’s more…
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10 Family-Owned California Bakeries Making Everything From Scratch
A family bakery in California still sells a strawberry whipped cream cake first developed in the 1970s. The…
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Everyone Remembers Idaho’s Eight-Day Snowbound Train From 1949, But The Real Story Is Stranger
The most famous stranded train story from the winter of 1949 might not have happened in Idaho at…
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Dworshak Visitor Center In Ahsahka, Idaho, Overlooks The Dam Where The North Fork Meets The Clearwater River
A concrete wall 717 feet tall holds back a reservoir that stretches more than 50 miles into the…
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We Ranked The 8 Idaho Holiday Light Displays You Walk Through And Here Is Who Won
Joshua trees wrapped in Christmas lights are a real thing in Idaho, and you can stroll right past…
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The 10 Biggest Secondhand Shops In Northern Michigan Worth The Late Fall Road Trip
One antique shop on this list shares a converted barn with its owner, who lives on the other…
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This North Carolina French Bakery Was Just Named America’s 8th Best Independent Coffee Shop
Mona Lisa is wearing sunglasses here, which tells me immediately this is not going to be a serious…
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Fewer Than 6 People Live In Nebraska’s Tiny Towns But These 6 Still Run A Bar And Grill Supper Night
One Nebraska village has a census population of exactly one, and its tavern still flips burgers and fries…
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These 15 North Carolina Nursing Homes Are Under The Spotlight In The Brand New 2027 U.S. News Ratings
Seventeen quality measures go into each side of these new nursing home ratings, which immediately told me this…
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