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Baked spaghetti topped with meatballs, pepperonis, and mushrooms. That’s a real dinner order at one Tennessee spot, and I’d probably start right there. The spaghetti…
Nineteen kinds of donuts, hand-cut from scratch every single day, starting at 5 in the morning. That’s the daily routine at one little family-owned shop…
More than 20 kinds of handmade sausage come out of one family kitchen, and one of them is packed with Swiss and cheddar cheese. Another…
Some of the subs at this corner market reportedly weigh up to two and a half pounds. That’s not a lunch. That’s a commitment with…
An Italian restaurant sits behind a pink door in a narrow alley, and some nights a trapeze artist swings above the dining room. I had…
Guinness once called a three-mile mural on a river levee here the longest painting in the world. Students started it back in the 1970s, and…
A meat market with its own drive-thru window and an espresso shop under the same roof? That pairing alone deserves a second look. The beef,…
The machine shop doors are open, and crews inside are still fixing century-old steam locomotives. You can walk right in and watch. Much of the…
Close to this lake village, you can mail a postcard from Hell. Yes, the real Hell, Michigan, where the post office sends your mail out…
One sausage maker on this list has been smoking Portuguese chouriço since 1923, and you can still buy it at the counter where it’s made….
One snake at this famous dune park flips onto its back, sticks out its tongue, and plays dead when it feels threatened. It even adds…
Twenty dollars does not sound like much when a Christmas list keeps growing. In Mississippi, though, that single bill can stretch further than most families…
More than 100 varieties of sausage once filled the cases at one South St. Louis County butcher shop. That number alone makes my grocery list…
The covered bridge from Beetlejuice was never really covered. Hollywood built that roof as a prop, then hauled it off to a ski area once…
Kielbasa, pierogi, and paczki now fill a building that spent decades as a hardware store. The old True Value closed in 2014, and a husband-and-wife…
Purple pancakes are a real breakfast order up north, and they get their color from ube, a purple yam. I did not expect that in…
A 53-foot waterfall pours down at the end of a trail that’s only a little over a mile long. Somewhere behind it, a cave hides…
A concrete triceratops about 25 feet long is still lounging in the shade, roughly seven decades after its theme park shut down. It has company,…
A free chocolate factory with a free cactus garden right outside the door sounds almost too good to be true. Yet this Nevada stop hands…
Eight yarn weight categories give crafters plenty to explore, from delicate lace all the way up to jumbo. That means lace doilies and giant arm-knit…
One fabric shop in Virginia sells real leather yardage, bridal fabric, and quilting cotton under the same roof. It also keeps a clearance area stacked…
Camel, ostrich, and alligator share butcher-case space with country ham at one small-town shop. There are also two full cases of jerky, running from camel…
A restaurant in this town sits right next door to hot springs, so you can soak first and eat second. I love that idea more…
Most golf courses treat a lake as a hazard and nothing more. This one turns the lake into a grand finale, with three closing holes…
A few years ago, a planned timber harvest gave an old Indiana roadside view its sweeping panorama back. Somebody actually cut trees to save a…
Hunger hit hard on a slow afternoon drive through southwest Mississippi, and the tiny white building by the road did not look like much. Then…
A spice scale running from 1 to 10 tells you a lot about a kitchen. It asks how brave you feel today. That same Nevada…
The man credited with bringing the word taqueria to Louisiana opened his first spot on the Fourth of July in 1988. I love that a…
One trail in western Massachusetts climbs through a boulder-strewn natural amphitheater to a beaver pond where two old dams once stood. That’s not a theme…
A full-size copy of Stonehenge sits on a family farm, and every giant slab is made of Styrofoam. Yes, foam. The ancient mystery of England…
Over 500 pounds of salad leave one hillside farm every week in season. The whole place runs on solar panels and batteries, with no power…
Pulling off the highway for one quick snack in Mississippi can turn into a whole day of eating, and that is exactly what happened to…
Bigfoot has a permanent home in Maine, and he brought friends. Nessie, Mothman, and the Yeti all share the same address. Hair samples from creatures…
A butcher counter here holds the title of Oldest Retailer of Certified Angus Beef. That alone got my attention. Then I learned the same shop…
The smell hit first, warm bread and cocoa drifting out a plain front door on a quiet Mississippi street. Inside, a small bakery was quietly…
A deli case in Virginia holds close to twenty kinds of sausage, and many are made in-house. How do you pick just one? The smart…
The man who bought this bakery started working there when he was ten years old. Years later, he owned the whole place. That was back…
Somebody will still carry your groceries out to your car here, and they don’t charge a dime for it. Wait, what? That’s a habit most…
One shop on this list will sell you a steak cut weighing about 18 pounds, then slice it into steaks for you. I think that’s…
Tucked between a river bridge and a historic downtown, one little shop in Mississippi pulls you in with a hand-painted sign for divinity candy. Step…
A Vegan Spiral Skewer sits on the menu at a Chinese spot that has served crab rangoon and orange chicken for over 20 years. That…
Struffoli are tiny balls of fried dough, piled into a sticky mound and glued together with honey. Somebody looked at a pile of crumbs and…
A bowl of cabbage soup lands on the table before anyone even opens a menu. Then come bread, salad, beans, spaghetti, and fries, all shared…
Somebody stands in a shop window and pulls taffy by hand while you watch from just a few feet away. That’s a real part of…
Hunger hit somewhere along the Mississippi coast, and the plan was just to grab a quick snack before the long drive home. Instead, a plain…
A family that once competed on ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight packed up their twinkle and moved it to the Tennessee foothills. Now they…
A quarter can buy your kid a handful of fish food at this outlet mall. That tiny coin might be the best deal on the…
A total beginner can show up at a forge and leave 90 minutes later holding metal art they shaped themselves. That’s shorter than most movies,…
Whole claws and big, meaty chunks of lobster pile onto a toasted, buttered roll here. And the kitchen does it all without a single freezer….
Every winter, thousands of fish houses pop up on one frozen lake, turning open water into a temporary town on ice. The ice can grow…
Cheese popcorn and caramel popcorn share one bag here, right next to a case of fresh cake donuts. Then someone hands you a cup of…
Fresh donuts come out of the kitchen every single day, and one flavor pairs maple with bacon. That alone would win me over before I…
One steakhouse on this list took its name from the top speed setting on a train throttle. I love that a dinner spot would name…
One of the best Indian restaurants on this list sits inside a building that used to be a Long John Silver’s. I love that kind…
Walking into a restaurant supply warehouse in Mississippi feels a bit like finding the backstage door to every diner you have ever loved. Rows of…
A recent listing in this Lake Erie city advertised a property needing extensive repairs for just $20,000. That’s not a typo, and it’s not a…
Somebody built a 20,000-square-foot corrupted laboratory, filled it with giant monsters, and handed you the job of finding a cure. That’s the whole evening plan…
Boats here climb 169 feet in just a mile and a half. That’s the steepest lift for any canal lock system in the country, and…
Mississippi has a small public university that keeps showing up on lists of the best colleges in the South. It earns praise for great teaching,…
A 26-foot wooden Christmas pyramid stands in the middle of a town square, and it was handcrafted in Germany just for this spot. As it…
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