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This Connecticut Tea Room Inside A Nearly 300-Year-Old House Feels Like A Witch’s Secret Hideaway
A woman once served only herbal tea in this house to protest British import taxes. That colonial act…
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This Quiet California Lake Town Is A Hidden Gem For Travelers Who Want To Escape The Crowds
A big mountain lake got its name by borrowing letters from three sisters: Alice, Martha, and Elinore. Put…
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This Kentucky Dinner Train Pairs Delicious Meals With Gorgeous Countryside Views
A chef cooks your dinner from scratch while the train rolls across a 60-foot-high trestle built in 1860….
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The Baklava Alone Is Worth The Trip To This Beloved Illinois Lebanese Restaurant
A free piece of baklava appearing at the end of dinner is enough to make this Illinois restaurant…
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Giant Colourful Kites Will Fill The Sky Above This Connecticut Waterfront Park For One October Day
A normal walk by the water becomes something completely different when you look up and see enormous kites…
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7 First-Come, First-Served Georgia Campgrounds Where You Can Pitch A Tent Without Booking Ahead
One free campground in the north Georgia mountains carries the name of a family who once lived right…
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This Connecticut Cat Café Lets You Spend Time With Adorable Rescue Cats And Maybe Find Your New Best Friend
Socks are mandatory at this café, and the residents won’t care one bit about your latte order. They…
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This Small-Town Tennessee Sewing Studio Shows First-Timers How To Make Their Own Quilts
Most of the quilting cotton at this little sewing studio costs less per yard than a fancy coffee…
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This North Carolina Haunted Forest Hides 12 Different Nightmares Along One Half-Mile Trail
The woods become terrible at minding their own business after dark. Half a mile may not sound very…
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A Mysterious $787 Million Attraction Is Coming To This Kentucky Town
Something big is being planned in a small Kentucky town, and nobody is spilling the details. This one…
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At This Georgia Country Restaurant, The Fried Steak Comes With Gravy And Peach Cobbler
The breakfast line here starts at 5 AM, and the country steak shows up on a biscuit. That…
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12 Family-Owned California Steakhouses That Cook Beef The Old-Fashioned Way
One California steakhouse carves its prime rib at your table from shiny steel carts nicknamed Zeppelins. Another still…
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10 Lesser-Known State Parks In Connecticut With Stunning Fall Foliage
The prettiest autumn view might be waiting in a park you have driven past a dozen times without…
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8 Georgia Cuban Restaurants Serving Pressed Sandwiches, Ropa Vieja, And Sweet Plantains
One Cuban sandwich shop on Buford Highway has been pressing sandwiches since 1976. That means some Georgia families…
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Over 500 Vintage Pinball Machines And Arcade Cabinets Line The Walls Inside This Idaho Museum
One admission fee unlocks every flipper in the building. No quarters, no tokens, and no digging through the…
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This Old-School Georgia Mountain Market Has Been A Roadside Favorite For Generations
Boiled peanuts labeled world famous are cooking outside a mountain country store that has been open since around…
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Old-Fashioned Butcher Traditions And Quality Cuts Make This Connecticut Meat Shop Worth A Visit
Buying meat used to involve a conversation with the butcher, not just grabbing a package from a refrigerated…
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There Aren’t Many Places To Eat On This Lonely Nebraska Highway, But This One Is Worth The Stop
Three local families teamed up to open a restaurant at a lonely highway junction, and then they renovated…
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The Amish-Style Restaurant In Kentucky Serving Comfort Food The Old-Fashioned Way
A buffet big enough to seat roughly 1,500 people at once sits right beside a full-size Noah’s Ark…
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This North Carolina Backyard Hides An Entire Wild West Town Built By A Hollywood Cowboy
Hold your horses, because the Wild West apparently took a wrong turn and ended up in North Carolina….
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This 115-Foot North Carolina Tower Is The Largest Memorial Of Its Kind In America
One tower in North Carolina can stop a campus walk without saying a word. At 115 feet tall,…
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This Kentucky Amish Bulk Foods Market Is Filled With Secret Country-Store Finds
Pickled quail eggs share shelf space with pumpkin butter at one little country market. Then there’s the Fruity…
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This North Carolina Apple Orchard Was Just Voted One Of The Best In America
Seventh place in the entire country is enough to make an apple orchard feel slightly smug. Honestly, it…
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This Kentucky Farm Raises Heritage Turkeys You Can Order For Your Holiday Table
I always thought a turkey was just a turkey until I learned about this Kentucky farm. Their birds…
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The Michelin Guide Says These 7 North Carolina Restaurants Serve Great Food At Great Value In 2026
Michelin stars get the glamour, but Bib Gourmands may be the better news for anyone who likes eating…
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This Remote California Ghost Town Hides Abandoned Silver Mines And Chilling Stories From The 1800s
Old newspapers reportedly documented about one confrontation a week in this mountain mining town. Some miners even stacked…
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Georgia’s Fall Foliage Is Reaching Its Peak And These Are 10 Scenic Places To See It
Georgia’s highest point stands 4,784 feet tall, and on a clear day you can spot four states from…
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This Idaho Antique Shop Packs 6,000 Square Feet Of Vendors Selling Everything From Vintage Levi’s To Collectible Toys
Hundreds of pairs of vintage Levi’s fill a single denim booth at one North Idaho antique shop. Right…
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There Is A Reason Folks Drive Out To This Kentucky Farm For Homemade Ice Cream And Southern Comfort Food
A man everyone calls Pops started churning homemade ice cream for family gatherings in 1975. The farm still…
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This North Carolina Hospital Just Ranked No. 3 In The Nation For Pediatric Care
Parents do not want to think about hospital rankings until the day those numbers suddenly matter. For families…
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This California Dominican Restaurant Brings Bold Caribbean Flavors With Pernil, Mofongo, And More
Green plantain mashed with garlic kombu miso and sofrito garlic butter. That one sentence had me hooked before…
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10 Tennessee Restaurants Serving Appalachian Cooking So Good It’ll Warm You From The Inside Out
One Smoky Mountain restaurant sells more than 700 slices of pecan pie a day. I read that twice,…
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People Make A Point Of Walking This Nebraska District’s Brick Streets Lined With Historic Buildings And Boutiques
Grad and prom photo shoots aren’t allowed in one of Nebraska’s prettiest brick passageways. Honestly, I get why…
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Prime Rib Gets Carved Thick Under A Heat Lamp At This Florida Buffet Every Single Night
I have a firm rule about buffets with carving boards. If there are five meats waiting to be…
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This Tennessee Sanctuary Gives Senior Dogs A Comfortable Place To Spend Their Golden Years
I keep wondering how one 15-year-old dog ended up changing far more than one household. Bandit had been…
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Over 400,000 Sandhill Cranes Roost At This Nebraska Sanctuary And Viewing Blinds Book Up By Winter
The rules inside these riverside blinds are so strict that a crinkly granola bar wrapper counts as a…
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10 Antique Thrift Trails In Southern California That Make A Perfect Day Trip
Somewhere in California, you can try on vintage clothes inside dressing rooms designed to look like pastel 1950s…
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Since 1945 This Idaho Ice Arena Has Let Skaters Glide Outdoors Beside A Ski Resort Lodge
Ice skating in July, outdoors, with a ski mountain watching from above? That really happens in central Idaho,…
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Families Pick Out Their Own Christmas Tree At These 6 Idaho Tree Farms Opening Next Month
One Idaho farm planted its first Christmas trees in 2005 and waited until 2012 to sell a single…
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Once You Try Its Key Lime Pie, This Florida Bakery Spoils Every Other Slice
A slice of key lime pie, dunked in dark chocolate and frozen on a stick like a popsicle….
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These 10 Stunning Sculpture Gardens In Illinois Turn Art Into An Outdoor Adventure
One Illinois sculpture park sits just an eight-minute walk from a commuter train station. You can hop off…
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This Completely Gluten-Free Idaho Bakery Bakes Cinnamon Rolls And Danishes Nobody Has To Ask About
A non-gluten-free friend bit into a cinnamon roll here and couldn’t tell it was gluten-free. That’s the kind…
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This Idaho Lakeside Playground Turns A Giant Wooden Maze Into Slides And Bridges Kids Climb All Afternoon
A posted sign at this playground credits local kids with helping design it. Honestly, that explains a lot….
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9 Idaho Lakeshore Campgrounds Where Your Tent Sits Steps From The Water
One Idaho lake is named for a fish that swims roughly 900 miles from the Pacific to spawn…
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Is This Really The Best Hospital In Idaho According To U.S. News
The largest hospital in Idaho has a walking labyrinth outside, built for slow steps and quiet thoughts. That’s…
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Two Hundred Thousand Gallons Of Natural Hot Water Fill The Pools At This Idaho Resort Every Day
The hottest pool here can reach about 112 degrees, and the coolest one still starts near 102. There…
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An Illinois Pizzeria Serves Cracker-Thin Tavern Squares So Crispy Locals Fight For The Corner Pieces
Some pizzas hide their personality under toppings. This one puts it right on the crust, where blistered char…
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Nobody Expects A Steakhouse This Good Inside A Pennsylvania Roadside Motel
A motel along a rural Pennsylvania highway serves porterhouse steaks, flat iron cuts, and lobster tails on special…
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This Family-Run Pennsylvania Italian Bakery Is So Busy That Locals Call Ahead For Its Tomato Pie
A bakery that started selling bread out of a family home in 1924 now sells tomato pie by…
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This Connecticut Airport Is Earning Recognition As One Of North America’s Top Regional Airports
Most travelers judge an airport by how quickly they can get through it without losing their patience. Long…
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Connecticut Has A Little Shop Filled With Witchy Gifts And Curious Treasures That’s Every Bit As Magical As It Sounds
A clock with udders for a pendulum is hanging out in a witchy gift shop. That alone earns…
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This Upstate New York Town Has A Healthcare System Recognized Among America’s Best
I keep coming back to one fact: fewer than 1 percent of U.S. hospitals have earned five straight…
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9 Connecticut Hiking Trails Locals Skip This Fall Because The Snakes Are Too Active
A rustle beside the trail is usually nothing more exciting than a squirrel or a few dry leaves…
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For Generations, The UNL Dairy Store In Lincoln Has Been Serving University-Made Ice Cream And Cheese
Sweet corn ice cream. It sounds like a county fair dare, but students on a Nebraska college campus…
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This Tiny California Restaurant Keeps Its Menu Small But Makes Every Dish Count
A soft tamal hides at the bottom of a bowl, buried under fresh toppings and a jammy egg….
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8 Idaho Ghost Town Legends That Still Get Told Around Campfires Every October
One old hotel in the Owyhee Mountains reportedly has guests who haven’t paid for a room in decades….
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8 Massive Idaho Markets Where Bargain Hunters Dig Through Rare Finds Before The Holidays
One antique store on this list fills its city’s oldest building with three floors of vendor booths. Another…
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Gems Hide Along 7 Idaho Rockhounding Sites You Reach By Car
Idaho’s state gem shows a glowing star inside it, and it turns up in only two places on…
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This Idaho Deli Still Builds Italian Subs Right In Front Of You, Just Like It Did 20 Years Ago
Your sub gets built right in front of you, one layer at a time, while you point at…
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This New York State Park Gets Few Crowds And Plenty Of Spectacular Fall Beauty
Count me in for a fall escape that keeps a few details to itself. Somewhere in New York,…
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11 Under-The-Radar North Carolina Peruvian Restaurants Locals Keep Recommending
Peru may be thousands of miles away, but your appetite is about to argue otherwise. North Carolina has…
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This Overlooked Nebraska Recreation Area Has Canyon Trails Tucked Away Among The Cornfields
A canyon lake sits a few miles behind a wall of cornfields, and one camper had the whole…
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This Popular Homestyle Restaurant Chain Just Lost Its Only Charlotte, North Carolina Location
Charlotte breakfast just lost a familiar face. For years, families slid into the same booths, ordered comforting favorites,…
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This Connecticut Restaurant Is Hidden Down A Quiet Country Road, But The Food Is Worth The Detour
Your GPS sends you farther into the countryside, and you start wondering if you missed a turn somewhere….
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Brickyards Once Shaped Every Nebraska Main Street And One Old Kiln Still Stands Open To Visitors
Seventy percent of all the brick made in Nebraska once came out of a single town. That same…
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This Idaho Scenic Byway Climbs Past Waterfalls And Old Mining Camps For 130 Miles Of Mountain Road
Hot water pours off a rocky cliff and into soaking pools beside a cold mountain river. That’s a…
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This Georgia Goat Dairy Sells Fresh Handmade Cheese And Farm-Fresh Goods Straight From The Farm
A goat cheese got so popular at a farmers market that the Department of Agriculture came knocking. The…
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The Nebraska Flea Market So Packed With Finds You’ll Want To Bring A Lunch
World War II relics, stacks of books, and motorcycle rally shirts can all share one roof. Add vintage…
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Walk Inside A Sod House Built The Way Nebraska Homesteaders Stacked Prairie Into Walls
A buffalo made of barbed wire stands guard outside a house built from stacked chunks of prairie. That…
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