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Abraham Lincoln learned to be a lawmaker in a white brick statehouse that still stands today, and it isn’t in Springfield. It sits about 60…
A small grocery store with a hot bar of chicken adobo, pancit and sinigang sounds like a lucky find. Add halo-halo and boba, and I…
One yarn shop here once put its yarn on a bus. A 27-foot van, rolling from town to town with needles, patterns, and fiber packed…
A gravel lot full of pickup trucks at lunchtime usually tells you more than any sign out front. Across Mississippi, plain little buildings hide buffet…
The dessert people talk about most here is called figgyhobbin. Yes, that’s a real word, and it shows up topped with caramel sauce and whipped…
I appreciate a bakery that refuses to rush anything, including its own schedule. Everything is made from scratch, with organic ingredients from local farms whenever…
A sack of flour can weigh 100 pounds at one stop on this list. That isn’t a typo, and you don’t need to run a…
A German restaurant near Milwaukee first opened in 1902 under the name The Comfort. I honestly can’t think of a better name for a place…
A family day at the beach in Mississippi does not have to drain your wallet. Along the Gulf Coast, some of the best places for…
A longtime waitress once bought the restaurant where she had served tables for years. By then, the grill had already been flipping giant burgers for…
A pecan roll so good it comes with freezing instructions is the kind of tip I can’t ignore. At one Ohio market, the smart move…
A butcher shop outside Syracuse hands over pre-ordered holiday roasts already wrapped, with cooking directions included. I love that detail. It means the person who…
Santa and Mrs. Claus star in a glowing parade that pauses for the lighting of the village Christmas tree. Then a convoy of cars covered…
Fresh donuts get made right in front of you here, and somehow that’s only one reason to visit. A few steps away, homemade pretzels get…
Caramel corn and cheddar cheese corn, tossed together in one bag on purpose. That sounds like a dare, yet it’s one of the most famous…
Green chiles, red chile sauce, and melted cheese, all wrapped in one burrito. That simple combination makes for an appealing Mexican restaurant favorite. That’s a…
One Massachusetts yarn shop dyes its own skeins in moody shades and sells tarot decks right next to the knitting needles. I love that detail…
One Knoxville family has opened so many diners that you can practically eat your way through their family tree. A downtown breakfast spot dates to…
We pulled off the road in Mississippi expecting a quick stretch and a water fountain. Instead, we found a giant sea reptile skeleton on the…
One yarn shop on this list makes its own felt in-house, using a machine called a FeltLoom and local or regional fiber. I love that…
A Christmas tree standing 90 feet tall, covered in lights, rises over one of these shows. You get to admire it from your driver’s seat,…
Jalapeno herring sits in the same case as pepper-crusted herring. A spicy version named for Oneg Shabbos, the cozy Friday night gathering, sits right beside…
We were hungry, a little tired, and not expecting much from a plain building off a busy Mississippi road. Then we saw the buffet line,…
A neighborhood survey started it all. About 100 people were asked what they wanted nearby, and 95 percent said a soul food buffet. That answer…
Snow crab legs, oysters on the half shell, and made-to-order hand rolls all share one buffet line. Who expects that spread in a strip mall?…
A mountain about 30 minutes from downtown Knoxville tops out at roughly 2,100 feet. That makes it the highest point in its entire county. On…
A pair of Comstock miners combined their claims, got married, and spent a fortune building a stone house in the high desert. Then the money…
An 18-inch Italian hoagie on bread delivered from Aversa’s in Philadelphia. That’s the kind of sandwich waiting at a small takeout deli in southern Delaware….
Some of the finest birding in the desert began at a wastewater treatment plant. Yes, these famous ponds started as part of a city utility….
Nearly 250,000 Christmas lights blink, sweep, and flash in perfect time with holiday music. Then there’s the 50-foot tree, and you get to walk right…
A meat locker in a town of fewer than 300 people has sent freezer orders all the way to Florida. That detail stopped me cold,…
Most undergrads never set foot in a cadaver lab before graduate school. At this desert campus, future nurses can study anatomy up close. The school…
A block of cheddar aged 20 years sits on the list at one small cheese shop. That cheese started its nap before some of its…
A waterfall drops about 45 feet through a gorge roughly 200 feet deep, and you’re allowed to wade right up to it. That alone had…
Every single admitted student gets a merit scholarship here. Not most students, not the lucky few, but every one of them, automatically. That alone got…
More than 2,000 glass ornaments hang on one 14-foot holiday tree here. Every single one was handmade by the museum’s own glassmakers. The tradition started…
Six horses once dragged this diner through the streets to its current spot. It arrived by railroad flatcar first, back in 1926. The building itself…
Free books usually come with a library card and a due date attached. This warehouse shelf skips both. Young readers up to age eighteen can…
One Adirondack steakhouse was built from logs cut on the mountains right above it. Fifty years later, it is still grilling porterhouses beside three huge…
A cooler, a bag of sandwiches, and a restless kid in the back seat can turn into one of the best days of summer in…
Every Friday at 4 p.m., a little diner on a mountain highway starts frying catfish and simply doesn’t stop. The plates come with white beans…
Tamales have rolled out of this kitchen since around 1929. Nearly a century later, families still line up for them. What keeps a no-frills carryout…
One ticket here gets you two movies, back to back, under the open sky. The sound comes through your car radio, and the funnel cakes…
More than 200 kinds of donuts come out of one small shop, and some of them are vegan, gluten-free, or low-carb. That is a lot…
A long line of barges moved so slowly past us that my kids started naming each one before it reached the bend. We had only…
The burek here has been known to vanish by 1 p.m. on a weekend. That’s a pastry with a schedule, and I respect it. The…
A paved trail stretching more than six miles through Massachusetts might sound like an ordinary walking path. But this one passes peaceful woodland scenery, a…
One cinnamon roll in southern Illinois is big enough to feed two to four people. That’s not a family pack. That’s a single roll. I…
Somewhere in western Massachusetts, a diner serves Thanksgiving Eggs Benedict. I have to admit, that one stopped me cold. Then I learned the same city…
One deli on this list sells a six-foot Italian sub. Six feet of cold cuts, bread, and cheese, built for a party that clearly means…
Every meal here starts with warm pretzel rolls and European butter, and nobody even asks you to earn them. That’s a strong opening move for…
What if a furniture empire started with one cherry dining room set in a borrowed garage? I’m convinced the best shopping stories begin that small….
Kids who shop here can carry a special card that earns them free fresh fruit. That alone made me want to know more about this…
Over one million lights dance to holiday music specially arranged by Macon Pops, with each track featuring a local artist. Admission costs exactly nothing. I…
Sushi-grade ground tuna, golden pompano, and crawfish all share shelf space with commercial fryers and restaurant signs here. That lineup tells you exactly what kind…
A porcupine named Quillber gets his own feeding demonstration, and a pair of cheetahs can be booked for a meet and greet. Both live at…
Frog legs sometimes show up on the weekend buffet here. Right next to fried chicken, banana pudding, and a salad bar. That combo alone made…
A pack of gray wolves, a 44-acre mountain lake, and a rare German star projector all share one park. I think that combo alone deserves…
A tiny cafe with roughly six tables calls itself the House of Ćevaps. That’s a bold nickname, and the menu backs it up with grilled…
A gravel road, a hand-painted sign, and a goat staring over a fence is how a lot of the best family days in Mississippi begin….
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