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More than half a million lights flicker on each holiday season at one Pennsylvania garden. Then 750 water jets start dancing to Christmas music, which…
A black bear and a lion keep watch over the pancakes at this diner. Yes, lifelike wildlife displays line the walls while you pour syrup….
One Illinois pizzeria on this list traces its story to 1921. That’s seven years before sliced bread showed up in stores. Another one has been…
Somewhere in Pennsylvania, a small-town kitchen makes its manicotti with a crepe instead of a pasta tube. I read that and had to sit down…
A Netflix cake champion runs a tea room where scones arrive with scratch-made Devonshire cream. Yes, the same baker who won a season of Is…
Kids get into this railroad museum for free, and they can step inside real vintage rail cars. Not behind a rope. Inside. One of those…
The Coca-Cola dispenser behind this counter was installed in 1950, and it still pours. Order a float here, and that old machine helps build it….
One Italian restaurant hides its dining room behind a deli counter. Another serves a seafood pasta for two topped with a whole lobster. I love…
One Lexington barbecue joint has walls covered with thousands of names, drawings, and messages scribbled by guests. Another sits right on the banks of the…
A gravel lot, a sagging porch, and a hand-painted sign were all we had to go on the first time a back road in Mississippi…
A basement that once rolled with roller skaters, then splattered with paintball players, now sells vintage glassware and band tees. That’s a strange résumé for…
A lobster banh mi sits on the same menu as fried clams and clam chowder. That one sandwich tells you a lot about this spot….
In 1996, a U.S. president and a German chancellor sat down together at a 1950s-themed diner in Milwaukee. No white tablecloths. No velvet ropes. Just…
Sweet corn fritters stuffed with snow crab. That’s the kind of thing that has landed on the menu at a small dinner spot run by…
The Italian beef here gets slow-roasted in-house, then piled so high on Turano French bread that the sandwich looks ready to topple over. That is…
A food truck that serves mofongo stuffed with octopus, conch, and shrimp all at once? That sounds like a dare, and I’m happy to accept…
A hotel built in 1933 hands its guests free passes to a museum about Hoover Dam. That museum sits right next door, connected to the…
Someone’s grandmother started hand-pressing ravioli here in 1937, and the kitchen still uses her original presses. That detail alone made me stop scrolling. The recipes…
The pastrami here is house-cured and pepper-crusted, then stacked on fresh rye. I think that sentence alone could make a whole afternoon disappear. The menu…
Soup dumplings get folded by hand every day in an old downtown building. On Fridays and Saturdays, the kitchen keeps serving long after most of…
One Carson City bakery sells a sandwich called the Reuben Stacker, and it carries 10 ounces of pastrami on Jewish rye. Ten ounces. That is…
Skewers grilled over binchotan-style charcoal share the table with fresh nigiri at this Nevada spot. The top menu runs past two hundred dishes. It claims…
America’s oldest craft shop opened in 1895, and it still sells handmade mountain crafts today. Better yet, the building around it charges no admission and…
A plain strip-mall door in Mississippi once led me to the best gyro I had eaten in years, followed by a square of honey-soaked baklava…
A waterfall pours right through the clubhouse at this Nevada golf course. Outside, a stream winds across fairways carved into desert rock. The club name…
One Greek kitchen in this lineup serves its moussaka in the very pot it was cooked in. Another hides a small grocery section beside the…
Somewhere near the coast, roughly 350 to 400 guinea pigs share one building, and their cages stack from floor to ceiling. That’s a lot of…
The monarch butterflies drifting onto the California coast this fall can live for several months. Their summer parents and grandparents usually lasted only a few…
Tacos were once so unfamiliar in this corner of the South that one family reportedly had to give them away. Free tacos, just to get…
A plain little building on a quiet Mississippi street was not where we expected to find flaky croissants and crackly Vietnamese sandwiches under one roof….
Somewhere in Wisconsin, a family still presses its brick cheese with real bricks. The very same ones have been doing that job since 1922. I…
Glowing opal globes hang inside chain-like netting, a playful nod to fishing nets. That detail alone tells you seafood takes center stage here. Pastel yellow…
A parking lot on a Saturday morning was the last place we expected to find our new favorite family tradition in Mississippi. Tables piled with…
November road trips taste better with a warm paper bag on your lap. What could beat a cider donut still dusted with cinnamon sugar? New…
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…
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