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Six Florida springs you can paddle before the winter crowds show up
There is a certain kind of morning in Florida when the parking lot is nearly empty, the water…
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These 10 Rhode Island Lake Beaches Are Too Beautiful To Pass Up
Ocean plans get plenty of attention around here, but I would save at least one beach day for…
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5 Nebraska Trail Rides Worth Saddling Up For
A pasture gate, a dusty parking lot, and a line of patient horses do not look like much…
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11 California Restaurants Serving Cioppino So Good, Every Spoonful Tastes Like The Coast
Cioppino does not do quiet comfort. It shows up steaming, red, and ready to make the table work…
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Why Locals Hesitate To Tell Tourists About This Beautifully Shaded Pennsylvania Nature Trail
Some trails don’t just offer a walk. They offer a reason to slow down completely. I found this…
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Come Hungry To This Tiny Florida Shop With Giant Pizzas And Huge Ice Cream Scoops
If the pizza is huge and the ice cream scoop needs two hands, I am already interested. Florida…
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This Quiet Idaho Park Might Be The Best Place To Spot Wildlife In The Wild
I could spend an hour watching a marsh if there were even a chance a moose might appear….
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The Historic West Virginia Farmers Market Where The Produce Stalls Are Only The Beginning
I would go in for tomatoes and somehow emerge with chocolate, lunch, flowers, and plans to return next…
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Old Florida cooking is still alive at this cracker-style fish house in Ozona
Some of the best meals in Florida happen when you take a wrong turn. You are cruising along…
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The Cozy Pennsylvania Diner Locals Quietly Hope Tourists Never Discover
Some breakfasts don’t just fill you up. They stick with you for weeks. I heard about this Pennsylvania…
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This Remote Alaska Restaurant Is Worth The Boat Ride Across The Bay
Your usual dinner plan does not involve a boat. You drive, park, eat, and drive home again. Alaska…
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12 Low-Key Arizona Italian Restaurants That Always Seem To Be Busy
You know an Italian restaurant has my attention when an ordinary day looks suspiciously like Saturday night. Arizona…
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This Connecticut Book Warehouse Is So Cheap Readers Leave With Stacks They Never Planned To Buy
Book budgets become dangerously flexible when the prices start this low. Shelves packed with tens of thousands of…
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13 Connecticut Museums That Tell Stories Most History Books Leave Out
History gets much more interesting once it stops behaving like a neat timeline. The best museum visits are…
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This Cage-Free Connecticut Shelter Gives Rescued Cats The Safety And Second Chance They Need
Safety can look surprisingly simple when you are a cat that has spent too long without it. At…
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These 10 Tiny Lincoln, Nebraska Restaurants Serve Food Far Bigger Than Their Dining Rooms
A cramped dining room can be a very good sign. When nearly every table is occupied, the kitchen…
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12 California Places Built Around One Very Specific Industry
Some California towns do not just have a local industry. They orbit it. The crop, mine, mill, cemetery,…
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This Idaho Hot Spring Hides One Of The Strangest Soaking Spots In The State
There are places where the phone feels unnecessary almost immediately. A short trail through an Idaho forest leads…
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This Haunted Idaho Mansion Is So Creepy That Locals Refuse To Stay After Dark
The old college looks quiet. Suspiciously quiet. Then fall arrives, the lights come on, and suddenly Idaho has…
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11 Idaho Bulk Food Stores Worth Visiting When You Want To Stretch The Grocery Budget
Buying a 25-pound bag of rice feels financially brilliant right up until you realize you have to store…
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This Michigan Sanctuary Gives Sick Cats A Second Chance And Their Stories Will Warm Your Heart
I am a complete pushover for a cat with a comeback story, and this place is full of…
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This Underground North Carolina Comedy Club Has Been Making People Laugh For More Than 40 Years
Good evening, Raleigh. Lovely city. Very normal place. Except apparently somebody decided the best way to enjoy comedy…
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A Former Whistle Stop in Lutz Now Turns Out Treasures All Morning
Some of the best mornings in Florida start with a wrong turn. I pulled into a small lot…
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12 Filipino Restaurants In North Carolina Bringing The Flavors Of The Philippines To The Table
Tara, kain. Come eat. That may be the easiest way to understand Filipino hospitality, because nobody is supposed…
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Most People Get One Thing Wrong About the Breakfast at This Humble Nebraska Diner
There’s a strip-mall breakfast counter in Nebraska where the plates come out so loaded that first-timers start rearranging…
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This Strange Idaho Roadcut Reveals Nearly 6-Million-Year-Old Volcanic Formations
The roadside looks like somebody left a tiny ruined city in the lava. Dark little towers poke from…
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This Cozy Georgia Restaurant Serves Polish Comfort Food That Regulars Love
My college roommate was from Krakow, and her care packages ruined me for life. Pierogi, kielbasa, cabbage rolls…
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The Must-Try Mexican Restaurants In Nebraska That Live Up To The Hype
Let me save you some time and skip straight to the part where I tell you that Nebraska…
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12 Nebraska Bakeries Hidden Behind Plain Storefronts With Surprisingly Great Pastries
Do not let the outside fool you. A plain sign or a storefront you have driven past a…
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This No-Frills Central California Seafood Market Serves A Cioppino Famous Far Beyond The Coast
The best seafood meals do not always arrive beneath white tablecloths. Sometimes they come with paper napkins, a…
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There’s A South Carolina Tea Room That Feels Like Something Out Of A Storybook
You own nice cups that never leave the cabinet. Somewhere along the way, tea became something you drink…
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This Quiet Corner Connecticut Buffet Is Located In The Middle Of Nowhere But Is Always Packed
Buffets far from the usual dining buzz have a funny way of inspiring surprisingly loyal followings. In Connecticut’s…
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Kentucky Has 10 Southern Diners That Taste Just Like Grandma’s House
Some restaurants greet you with a menu. Others greet you with the smell of bacon grease and the…
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Locals Have Been Returning To This Virginia Italian Restaurant For Plates Of Spaghetti Since The 1970s
Some restaurants become part of a neighborhood so gradually that generations end up sharing the same favorite table….
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You Could Lose A Whole Afternoon At This Sprawling Kentucky Flea Market
You had a plan. It involved one quick stop and maybe twenty minutes. That plan is already gone,…
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This Free Kentucky Park Hides Secret Art Among Wildflowers And Forest Trails
You know that feeling when a place refuses to explain itself? Somewhere in central Kentucky there is a…
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11 Secret Kentucky Bulk Grocery Stores Where Families Save Big
You know the sound you make when the grocery total appears on the screen? Kentucky has a cure…
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This Bayside Town In California Will Make Your Stress Fade Away
Nobody trusts a town that relaxed on first impression. Places like this earn it slowly. One hillside view…
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You Have To See This Incredible Underground Cave Hidden In Northwest Georgia
My flashlight flickered twice before I found the courage to keep walking. Cold air hit my face before…
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10 Georgia Farmers Markets Brimming With Homemade Foods And Happy Crowds
My grandmother taught me to smell the peaches before touching them. I still do it every single Saturday…
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The Arizona Ghost Town Where The Past Still Has Stories To Tell
Ghost towns usually make me expect a few foundations and a sun-faded sign. This one has considerably more…
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This Historic Georgia Seafood Restaurant Has Served Savannah From The Same Location Since 1938
My grandmother ate here on her first date with my grandfather. That was decades before I ever took…
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You Can Hunt For Clothes, Furniture And Fine China Beside Sleeping Cats At This North Carolina Shop
Closet space is about to become a highly negotiable concept. At one North Carolina consignment shop, “just browsing”…
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This Grand Nebraska Cathedral Has Twin Stone Towers You Spot From Blocks Away, And Walking Inside Is Free
Driving through an ordinary Nebraska neighborhood of brick houses and shade trees, you round a corner and suddenly…
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This Nebraska Museum Is Dedicated To Bigfoot And Everything Mysterious
A museum full of giant footprints, strange sightings, and Sasquatch stories has one obvious advantage: curiosity arrives before…
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This Georgia Amish Bulk Foods Market Is Filled With Secret Country-Store Finds
I turned around in the middle of the road just to check this place out. A friend swore…
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10 New Mexico Picnic Spots With Views That Almost Don’t Look Real
A sandwich improves dramatically when the table comes with red cliffs, blue water, or a mountain horizon. Across…
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This Family-Run Connecticut Pie Factory Is So Good Locals Have Made It A Fall Tradition
Fall has a sneaky way of making pie feel less like dessert and more like an annual responsibility….
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People Drive From All Over Massachusetts For The Famous Fish And Chips At This Waterfront Restaurant
“Worth the drive,” a stranger told me in line, unprompted, like she needed me to know before I…
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14 California Antique Destinations Worth Going Out Of Your Way For
Antique hunting is just shopping with better plot twists. You leave home thinking you need nothing. Then a…
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10 Kentucky Farms Where You Can Meet The Animals And Take Something Home
Let us be honest about what happens at a petting zoo. You pay, you pet, you leave with…
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11 Hole-In-The-Wall Pizzerias In Delaware That Deserve Way More Credit
Delaware does not get to argue about pizza. That is the rule, apparently, when you sit between New…
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Massachusetts’ Largest Butterfly House Is A Magical Place You Need To See
A winter coat feels absurd about thirty seconds after entering this place. Inside Massachusetts’ largest butterfly house, tropical…
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This Connecticut Italian Restaurant Stacks Its Famous Lasagna Layers High
Lasagna is not supposed to be subtle, and this restaurant seems perfectly comfortable with that. The layers arrive…
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This roadside crab shack in Punta Gorda serves blue crab straight off the dock
Some of the best meals in Florida happen in buildings you would drive right past without a second…
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This Massachusetts River Town Feels Like A Surprisingly Affordable Escape With Homes Under $200,000
Two hundred thousand dollars does not buy much anymore, or so I thought. A friend sent me a…
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This Little-Known South Carolina Swimming Hole Will Make You Feel Like A Kid Again
There was a summer when you did not own a towel. You dried off by standing in the…
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This Idaho All-You-Can-Eat Sushi Restaurant Keeps Fresh Rolls Coming To The Table
All-you-can-eat sushi gets a lot more fun when the menu reads like a dare. At this Idaho restaurant,…
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10 Bridgeport Restaurants That Make This Connecticut City A Must-Visit For Food Lovers
Bridgeport deserves a lot more food credit than it usually gets. The city has the kind of dining…
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These 10 Florida Places Make Every Traveler Want To Stick Around Longer
The problem with a great trip is realizing too late that you scheduled the flight home. Florida has…
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These North Carolina Mountain Towns Are Made For Escaping A September Heatwave
The thermometer has apparently missed the memo that summer is supposed to be winding down. When a late…
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These 10 California Suburb Italian Restaurants Are Worth The Drive
Suburban Italian restaurants can be sneaky. They may sit in a shopping plaza or on a street people…
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This Two-Time Tony-Winning Connecticut Opera House Has Sent 21 Productions All The Way To Broadway
Broadway dreams do not usually begin in a small riverside theater, which is exactly why this story is…
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This Georgia Craft Supply Store Is So Affordable Shoppers Drive Hours To Stock Up
I did not expect to leave with three bags I could barely carry. My neighbor mentioned a shop…
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Step Inside This Connecticut European Market For A Food Trip Without Leaving The State
A grocery run gets much more entertaining when half the shelves look like they came straight out of…
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This Tiny Nebraska Town Is Becoming The Kind Of Vacation Escape Travelers Dream About
A small town gets interesting when one quick stop somehow turns into an entire weekend plan. In Nebraska,…
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The Old-Fashioned Nebraska Town That Feels Like the Set of a Holiday Movie
Some drives in Nebraska start out as errands and end up as memories. Head southeast until the flat…
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This Kentucky City Has The Highest Share Of Foreign-Born Residents In The State
You can hear it before you can explain it. Stand in the right grocery store in this Kentucky…
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This North Carolina Festival Turns One Weekend Into A Massive Celebration Of Jazz And Blues
September 5 has been circled on my calendar with increasingly unreasonable enthusiasm. That is when North Carolina turns…
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