This Little Mississippi Pie Counter Still Fries A Kentucky Coal Country Recipe Three Generations Later
A strip mall parking lot is not where anyone expects to find a family recipe that started in Kentucky coal country. Yet one quick lunch…
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Visitors Walk Among Real Fossils, Rocks, And Minerals At This Little Mississippi Geology Museum
I only meant to kill a spare hour on a college campus in Mississippi, and I ended up nose to nose with a Triceratops skull….
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These 7 Mississippi Bowling Alleys Turn A Rainy Saturday Into Cheap Fun For Kids And Grandparents Alike
A soggy Saturday in Mississippi once sent me hunting for anything indoors that would not empty my wallet, and I ended up at a plain…
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Mississippi Kids Hunt Vintage Toys And Comic Books For Pocket Change At These Seven Secondhand Shops
Pocket change goes a long way when the shelves are stacked with old action figures and comic books nobody has touched in years. I learned…
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This 1800s Village In Mississippi Lets Kids Watch Blacksmiths Hammer Iron And Corn Get Ground By Hand
Hearing a hammer strike metal was the last thing I expected along a quiet highway in Mississippi. A short turn off the road led to…
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The Gluten-Free Cinnamon Rolls From This Tiny Mississippi Home Bakery Are Worth Ordering Ahead For
Anybody who has spent years buying sad, crumbly gluten-free pastries off a grocery shelf knows the particular disappointment of paying good money for something that…
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Rainy Saturdays Turn Into All-Day Play At This Gulfport, Mississippi Children’s Museum
Rain on the Mississippi Gulf Coast has a way of wrecking weekend plans, especially when you have kids who woke up with energy to burn….
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This Mississippi Rescue Center Lets Kids Watch Sea Turtles And Dolphins Heal Before They Return To The Gulf
My plan for that Saturday was beach traffic and a gas station sandwich, until a hand-lettered arrow pointed inland toward a cluster of low buildings…
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Antique Shops Outnumber Stoplights In These Seven Tiny Mississippi Towns Made For A Slow Saturday
My plan was a quick tank of gas and a bathroom break, and instead I spent two hours in a Mississippi storefront running my hand…
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7 Mississippi Farms Where You Fill Your Freezer With Beef And Pork Raised Down The Road
A gravel driveway, a hand-lettered sign, and a chest freezer humming inside a metal building. That is how a lot of Mississippi families are buying…
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7 Best Food Halls And Markets Around Albany, New York Worth Checking Out
I like a market that makes breakfast plans fall apart by aisle two. You may arrive thinking about eggs and bread, then catch the smell…
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This Quiet Mississippi State Park Stays So Empty You Get The Trails Practically To Yourself
East Mississippi hides a whole lot of pine shade and open water just a few minutes off the highway, and most folks drive right past…
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We Ranked The 10 Best Soul Food Restaurants In Mississippi And Here’s Who Made The Cut
You can learn a lot about a kitchen by what happens after the first bite. Conversation slows, forks keep moving, and somebody usually starts planning…
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This New York Honey Farm Turns Fall Harvest Season Into A Full Day Out
Less than an hour from New York City traffic, the pavement gives way to hayrides, honeybees, and fifteen acres of real farm life. That shift…
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The Strange History Behind Jackson, Mississippi’s Oldest Bakery
The display case tells only half the story. What happened behind it is what makes this old bakery far more curious than its cheerful pink…
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The Ithaca, New York Antique And Vintage Market Worth Planning A Whole Day Around
The trouble with a good antique store is that ten minutes means absolutely nothing. You spot an old lamp, then a box of records, then…
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We Ranked The 10 Best Restaurants In Ocean Springs, Mississippi And Here’s Who Made The Cut
Ranking restaurants gets messy fast when half the town has a loyal crowd ready to defend its favorite table. In one coastal community, that debate…
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8 Of The Largest Drive-In Theaters Still Operating In New York
A movie night changes fast when your windshield becomes the front row. Across New York, a few enormous drive in theaters still light up after…
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We Ranked The 10 Best Hot Tamale Spots In Mississippi And Here’s Who Made The Cut
Tamales in Mississippi play by their own rules. They come smaller, softer, and soaked with enough seasoned broth to stain the cornmeal red around the…
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This Free New York Ferry Has Been Crossing The River For More Than 200 Years
New York is not exactly famous for giving things away, which makes this ride feel almost suspiciously good. For no fare at all, passengers can…
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The Mississippi State Park Filled With Rock Formations, Swinging Bridges, And Wild Scenery You Have To See This Fall
Mississippi can surprise you fast when the landscape suddenly starts looking nothing like you expected. Up in the northeastern corner of the state, rocky cliffs,…
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These 8 New York Cheese Shops Make Fall Harvest Season Worth Planning A Food Trip Around
Autumn in New York smells like woodsmoke, apples, and something sharp coming out of an aging cave. Fall is a good time to pay attention…
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This Mississippi River Town Has Hundreds Of Cats Roaming Its Streets
Certain towns are known for food, others for music. This one in Mississippi is known for its cats. Along the bluff above the river, they…
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This New York Pizzeria Is Hidden Inside A Working Subway Station
Most people rush down subway stairs to catch a train, not to sit down for dinner. One pizzeria in New York flipped that by setting…
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This Mississippi Playground Has Real Treehouses Kids Can Climb Instead Of Plastic Slides
Most playgrounds smell like hot plastic and look identical in every town. A working family farm in Mississippi decided to do things differently and built…
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The New York Car Museum With More Than 170 Classic Cars You Can See Up Close
Five connected buildings in a small New York town hold more than 170 classic cars, along with motorcycles, airplane engines, and clothing from the decades…
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Most Visitors Miss This Abandoned Mississippi Spot, But Locals Know To Stay Away After Dark
Twenty three enormous columns stand in a Mississippi field with no roof above them and no walls between them. They once held up the largest…
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The Rochester, New York Local-Favorite Restaurants That Have Been Feeding The City For Decades
Rochester, New York holds onto its food traditions the way a good grandmother holds onto her recipe cards. Some of these counters and dining rooms…
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The Mississippi Bookstore Cafe With Shelves Of Used Books And A Dessert Case In The Back
Plenty of coffee shops hand you a cup and send you on your way. This one in Mississippi hands you a latte named after a…
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The New York Secondhand Bookstores Where $20 Fills A Whole Bag
New York has plenty of expensive habits. Reading does not have to be one of them. A bookstore with roots in the 1920s still sells…
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Mississippi Honey Farm Where You Can See The Hives And Bring Home Local Honey
Honey tastes different when you have seen where it came from. Eighteen acres of quiet Mississippi farmland hold the hives, along with barnyard animals, pumpkins…
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The Upstate New York Harvest Festival Where More Than 400 Vendors Take Over For Two Days
You can usually tell a harvest festival means business when breakfast has barely settled and the food lines are already forming. For one autumn weekend,…
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The Central Mississippi Cafe And Diner Where The Pancakes Hang Off The Edge Of The Plate
Some diners serve pancakes. This one serves an event. Down in Starkville, Mississippi a cafe on Main Street has been flipping oversized stacks since 1945,…
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This New York Spot Is A Must-Visit For Local Rock Hounds Who Love Digging For Free
Rock hounds in New York usually pay a fee, book a tour, or drive half a day to crack open anything worth keeping. A public…
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We Ranked Mississippi’s 10 Best Mexican Restaurants And Here Are The Surprising Places That Made The Cut
Mississippi has a serious soft spot for salsa, and the proof shows up in strip malls, town squares, and beachfront blocks across the state. Great…
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The New York Boardwalk Trail Where You Can Reach A Hidden Beach Without A Hard Climb
Most beach days in New York begin with a parking lot, a long slog through hot sand, and a scramble over a dune before anybody…
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The Mississippi Nursery Where Every Plant Is Grown In 80 Greenhouses A Mile Down The Road
Most garden centers buy their plants from far away and hope they survive the trip. One family business in Mississippi does the opposite, growing nearly…
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The Brooklyn, New York Bakery That Has Not Changed Its Recipes In 50 Years
Fifty years of the same recipes is either stubbornness or confidence, and the line out the door on a Saturday night settles which one. An…
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The Tupelo, Mississippi Bakery Where The Weekend Batch Comes Out Of The Oven Before 7 AM
Ovens fire before seven in the morning, which means the finest baking in Mississippi is happening while most of the town is still asleep. By…
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The Remote New York Lodge Where 12,000 Acres Of Woods Start At The Back Door
Five miles of dirt road is the price of admission, and it works as a filter. What waits at the end is a century-old lodge…
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The Mississippi Trail Under 2 Miles Where The Forest Does All The Work
Short hikes get treated like they don’t count, as if a trail has to punish you before the view is earned. A loop in Mississippi…
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The 11 Under-The-Radar Upstate New York Restaurants That Regulars Would Rather Keep To Themselves
Some restaurants get the applause. Others just feed their people, year after year, without anybody writing about it. New York is full of the second…
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The 10 Mississippi Breakfast Spots Where The View Costs Nothing And The Biscuits, Bagels And Pancakes Come Out Before 9 AM
Mornings in Mississippi start with a hot skillet and a screen door, and the best part never shows up on the check. A seat by…
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The Upstate New York Diner Where One Plate Of Comfort Food Feeds Two People
Splitting an order here is less a suggestion than a survival plan. That is what regulars will tell you, and it is the kind of…
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This Mississippi Country Store Has Become A Go-To Spot For Thrifty Families This Fall
Since 1907 this wooden building in Mississippi has been slicing bacon to order and cutting hoop cheese fresh, which tells you the business model was…
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The 71-Mile New York Scenic Drive Most Visitors Miss That Ends At A River-View Restaurant
Seventy-one miles of road in New York hug a river without asking for any attention at all, which is the reason most drivers never find…
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The Mississippi Town Where 300 Vendors Take Over Main Street For One Fall Weekend Only
Parking spaces become pop-up tents for one weekend in November, and a quiet downtown in southern Mississippi turns into a single long shopping aisle. Hundreds…
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The New York Steakhouse Where One Towering Seafood Feast Of Crab Legs And Jumbo Shrimp Feeds Four
New York has no shortage of restaurants that will sell you an expensive plate of seafood, but there is one steakhouse where the order arrives…
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The 100-Acre Mississippi Horse Farm Where You Can Ride Out Into Open Country All Afternoon
More than 100 acres of woods and open fields sit at the end of a back road in Mississippi, waiting on people who want a…
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The New York Lake Town Where Stone Buildings And Sidewalk Cafes Line A Main Street Built For Wandering
Two centuries of stone and brick line one main street, and the buildings have watched most of that go by without much changing. A village…
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The Mississippi Restaurants Locals Secretly Love And Would Rather Not Share With Everyone
Ask somebody in a small Mississippi town where they eat on a Friday night and watch what happens. A pause. A squint. Then a vague…
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The Massive New York Farm Stand Piled High With Squash, Pumpkins, And Homemade Pies Every September
Since 1952 this farm has been growing fruit, and the stand out front has grown right along with it. That is seventy-odd Septembers of doing…
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The Mississippi Breakfast Spot Where The Cinnamon Rolls Sell Out Before 9 AM Every Morning
Setting an alarm to buy a pastry sounds unreasonable until you have missed out once. Then it becomes a habit. There is a bakery in…
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The 9 New York Boardwalk Trails Where You Can Cross Wetlands And Get Huge Views Without A Hard Climb
Wooden planks laid straight across a marsh will get you the same horizon that costs other people an hour of climbing. Nine trails in New…
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The Mississippi Town Where Black Bears Have Been Spotted And Most People Have No Idea
Bears turn up on residential streets here, caught on home security footage and called in to police during recent summers. That is not a rumor…
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This New York Town Is Close Enough To NYC For Lunch But Far Enough Away To Feel Like A Real Escape
Twenty-five miles north of the city, a village sits on a wide stretch of river in New York and does something the distance alone cannot…
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8 Mississippi Furniture Warehouses And Outlets Where Clearance Deals Go Far Below Retail
Plain buildings hide the best furniture prices in Mississippi. That is not a rule anybody wrote down, but walk into eight of these warehouses and…
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The Once-Quiet New York Lake Town That Summer Crowds Have Completely Taken Over In The Last Few Years
Water so clear you can count stones twenty feet down. That is the detail that broke this place. For decades a village in New York…
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7 Mississippi Coast Seafood Shacks Where You Can Watch The Boats Unload From Your Table
Ropes creak and gulls argue over something a few feet from your table. That is the soundtrack at seven coastal spots in Mississippi where the…
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The Upstate New York Town Officially Ranked The Safest In The State That Almost Nobody Talks About
An A+ grade for crime and safety usually goes to a town nobody has heard of. That is how this works. Traffic speeds past on…
