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This Small Texas Restaurant Serves Filipino Comfort Food and Weekend Specials Many Travelers Would Never Expect
A buffet row devoted mostly to Filipino desserts? That's part of the appeal at this small Texas restaurant, where cassava cake and colorful rice sweets can appear alongside a lineup...
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California Holiday Garden Glows With More Than 2 Million Lights and Adds a European Christmas Market for 2026
Northern California's holiday season is getting a European twist as a riverside botanical garden prepares to glow with over two million Christmas lights. For 2026, the popular...
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7 Missouri Farm Bakeries Worth A Fall Drive For Apple Donuts, Pies, And More
One Missouri orchard fries apple cider donuts all day long using cider pressed from its own apples. Its trees number around 17,000, so the fryer never has to wonder where breakfast...
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Ohio’s Last Historic Public Market Survived a Fire and Nearly 50 Years in a Military Hut
A fire destroyed a public market in 1948, but the merchants weren't ready to give up. They pooled their money, bought a surplus military hut, and kept their businesses alive beneath...
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This Unassuming Minnesota Diner Serves Flame-Broiled Burgers And Breakfast Until Late At Night
A burger topped with an over-easy egg is the top seller here. Not a side of eggs. An egg right on the burger, served until 2 in the morning.
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One Of New Jersey’s Oldest Surviving Railroad Attractions Still Takes Visitors On Vintage Train Rides
One of the locomotives that started this little railroad ended up at Disneyland. Yep, a tiny engine from a New Jersey hobby line went west and joined the Magic Kingdom crowd.
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South Carolina Woman Opened an Inclusive Playhouse Where Children of Different Abilities Can Play Together
After working with children on the autism spectrum, a South Carolina woman opened an indoor playhouse designed to welcome young children with different abilities and sensory needs....
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Ohio Couple Gave Up Their Food Truck Plans to Reopen a Small-Town Café Where Regulars Once Ordered Without Menus
Mike Baker had dreamed of owning a small-town café since he first visited it with his grandfather. Decades later, he and his wife faced an unexpected choice: pursue their food...
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A Former Top Chef Contestant Brought New Life To A Historic Virginia Bank Building With A Popular Restaurant
A former bank building now serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner under the direction of a chef who competed on Top Chef. That's a remarkable transformation for a historic property,...
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This Charming Virginia Bookshop Fills A Historic Gas Station With 10,000 Books And A Cozy Coffee Café
A former gas station now holds more than 10,000 books, and the old service garage has become part of a charming literary destination. That's a pretty wonderful second chapter for...
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The Best 8 Texas Places Where You Can Explore The Underground
One Texas cave actually brings visitors back to daylight on a conveyor belt. Below the surface, guided tours pass delicate mineral formations, enormous chambers, and a sound-and-light...
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Weebly Co-Founder Revived a 103-Year-Old California Roadside Stand After a Yearlong Restoration
Weebly co-founder Chris Fanini saw something worth saving in a California roadside stand with more than a century of history. After the business changed hands, his hospitality...
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The Short Missouri Hike That Leads You Along A Creek To A Woodland Waterfall
A waterfall hides right in the middle of a busy tourist town, and the walk to reach it is shorter than most mall parking lots. The whole trip out and back runs only about one and...
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Pennsylvania Family Lost Their Daughter to Cancer and Built a Baking Business to Keep Her Memory Alive
A family bakery can begin with a recipe, a dream, or a love that refuses to fade. In Pennsylvania, one family created a baking business to honor their daughter, Paige, after losing...
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These Elite Indiana Sushi Spots Absolutely Belong On Every Serious Food Lover’s Bucket List
One Indiana sushi spot lists yuzu-cured salmon roe and a full seafood tower on its menu. Another runs hibachi, ramen, and a chef's choice omakase course under one roof.
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Bison Still Roam This Minnesota Prairie Park With Cliffs That Look Almost Pink
A herd of genetically diverse plains bison grazes on a prairie in Minnesota, right below a rock wall nearly two billion years old. That alone made me stop and read twice.
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One Ohio Restaurant Sent a Milkshake 375 Miles to Fulfill a Former Customer’s Final Wish
A milkshake traveled 375 miles in 2017 because a woman receiving hospice care wanted one last taste of home. Emily Pomeranz had grown up near a beloved Ohio restaurant, and even...
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Tool Lovers Could Spend Hours Inside This Huge Indiana Store Packed With Gear For Every Project
A company that started with homemade log splitters sold out of a Minnesota garage now runs a giant tool store in Indiana. That humble garage beginning back in 1981 still shapes...
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This Indiana Bakery Is Known For Cinnamon Rolls That Have Become A Small-Town Tradition
A family bakery closed in 2001, its old building came down in 2010, and a grandson brought it back about twenty years later. That alone made me sit up.
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Why Retirees Are Moving To This Overlooked Missouri Lake Region
Below one big dam, people toss food into the water and thousands of fish churn up to grab it. Yep, that's a normal afternoon activity here.
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Pennsylvania Toy Store Looks Like a Spaceship and Lets Shoppers Enter Through Its Engine Doors
Shining beside a Pennsylvania highway, a stainless steel building shaped like a stealth bomber looks more like a spacecraft than a place to buy toys. Its unusual design is enough...
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The Overlooked Maryland Park That Feels a Million Miles Away From the Crowds
A piece of an old workboat pulled from a creek is on display beneath an open-air pavilion at this Maryland park. Nearby, a nature center has an aquarium filled with fish from local...
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Ohio Neighborhood Market Has a TV Cooking Champion Preparing Its Thanksgiving Menu
Winning a television cooking competition is impressive enough, but bringing that experience into the kitchen of a neighborhood grocery store is an unexpected twist. It's not the...
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Ohio Family Farm Operating Since 1919 Opens a Two-Day Thanksgiving Market for Smoked Turkeys and Pies
Homemade pies and turkeys get their very own two-day market at one Ohio family farm right before Thanksgiving. That's a holiday shortcut I can fully get behind.
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This Oregon Roadside Restaurant Smokes Its Own Ribs And Serves Deep Fried Oreos For Dessert
Somewhere out back of a highway restaurant sits a smoking spot nicknamed the Bone Yard. That's where every rack of ribs gets hand-rubbed and slow-smoked before it ever reaches...
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This Texas Music Store Is a Wonderland for Guitar Fans and Gear Collectors
A Cadillac-green Gretsch guitar has a color scheme made exclusively for this Texas shop. That's the kind of detail that could stop a guitar fan halfway through browsing.
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This Maryland Seafood Restaurant Has a Massive Retro Arcade Filled With Games From Your Childhood
Thirty-eight pinball machines sit alongside rows of arcade classics at a Maryland seafood restaurant. Yes, you can finish a plate of steamed crabs and head straight for Pac-Man,...
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9 Underrated Texas Restaurants That Aren’t in Austin, Dallas, or Houston
At one Texas cafe, chicken-fried steak can stretch beyond the edges of the plate, with cream gravy served on the side. That's a meal that makes you reconsider ordering anything...
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This Missouri Restaurant Has Been Around Since 1901 And Its Short Rib Pot Pie Hides Mashed Potatoes Inside
A pot pie with mashed potatoes hiding in the middle sounds like a dare. One Missouri kitchen bakes it anyway, stuffing short rib and pot roast under a flaky crust.
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New Jersey’s Only Surviving Building From A Former King’s Estate Is Now A Fascinating History Museum
The restrooms at this little museum teach history. One is named for the Delaware River, and the other for Crosswicks Creek. Yep,...
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12 New Jersey Spots Making Thanksgiving Pies Worth Saving Room For
A farm bakery in the Garden State sells a pie called the Trifecta. I love that a pie has a name that sounds like a lucky win at the racetrack.
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This Hidden Indiana Storefront Serves Up True Authentic Polish Cuisine You Outright Cannot Find Anywhere Else In The State
The best way to discover Polish food may be to stop treating it like a special occasion. This Indiana storefront makes that easy, serving pierogi, kielbasa, cabbage rolls, and...
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This Sprawling Indiana Overstock Warehouse Offers Prices So Low Shoppers Do A Double Take
A 150,000-square-foot warehouse restocks every single day, and nothing on the floor is promised to last until tomorrow. That's a shopping trip with real stakes.
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A Small Missouri Community Sits Beside A Massive 3,258-Acre Prairie Where Bison Roam
Thirty bison arrived from preserves in South Dakota and Iowa in 2011, and now more than 200 roam Dunn Ranch Prairie. Yep, more than 200.
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This Underrated Texas State Park Has A 9,000 Acre Lake And Some Of The Most Beautiful Fall Scenery Around
A fishing pier stays lit after dark, but the real show at this Texas park comes when maples, hickories, and oaks turn red and gold. The colorful trees frame a lake covering roughly...
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This Oregon Forest Trail Passes 11 Waterfalls And Feels Like A Secret World Of Moss And Water
Metal catwalks bolted to a cliff wall let you walk right above a rushing creek. Below your boots, water tumbles over ledge after ledge of rock. Count them up and you get about...
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This Missouri Dumpling Shop Makes A Pan-Fried Version Stuffed With Shrimp And Cheese
Jumbo shrimp and mozzarella cheese, sealed inside a soup dumpling, then pan-fried until the bottom turns crisp. That combo sounds like a dare.
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Inside A Massive New Jersey Shopping Mall Is An Interactive Museum Celebrating The State’s Biggest Legends
You can sing a duet with a hologram of Frankie Valli, then hop into a virtual ride in Jon Bon Jovi's Chevelle. Yeah, I'm definitely looking twice at that.
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This New Hampshire Pizzeria Uses Slow-Fermented Sourdough To Make Thin, Crispy Pies That Might Change Your Pizza Standards
Slow-fermented sourdough turned into thin, crispy pizza crust? That's a combination worth getting excited about, especially when the dough receives extra time to develop its distinctive...
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One of the Most Unexpected Sights in Maryland Is a Massive Temple That Feels Like Another World
An intricately carved white entrance tower rises above a broad staircase, with sculpted figures covering its tiers. It is a striking introduction to a Maryland Hindu temple that...
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This Oregon Pizzeria Is So Good Everyone Says You Have To Drive And Try It
People rarely agree unanimously on where to find the best pizza. Somehow, this Oregon spot ends every single one of those arguments before it even starts.
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This Scenic 12-Mile New Hampshire Trail Crosses Historic Railroad Trestles And Winds Past Lakes And Wetlands
Twelve miles of old railroad corridor, complete with historic trestles and views across lakes and wetlands? That's a lot of scenery packed into a single trail, especially when...
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This New Hampshire Historic Village Brings 350 Years Of Christmas Traditions Back To Life
Three and a half centuries of Christmas traditions brought to life inside historic homes? That's a fascinating way to experience the holidays, especially when the decorations and...
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Your Next New Jersey Sandwich Obsession Could Be A Crispy Chicken Creation From This Small Neighborhood Shop
Panko-fried chicken thighs, aji amarillo sauce, pickled red onion, and sriracha mayo, all stacked on a brioche bun. Yeah, I'm definitely looking twice at that.
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Ohio Christmas Attraction Transforms 50,000 Square Feet Into an Indoor Holiday Wonderland
More than 50,000 square feet of indoor Christmas attractions are returning to Ohio on November 27, 2026, transforming part of a former industrial complex into an enormous holiday...
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You Can Visit a Hot Spring Where the Bathtubs Are Made From Giant Cedar Logs
Soaking in a regular bathtub feels ordinary after learning what's tucked into this forest. Giant cedar logs, hollowed out entirely, filled with steaming natural spring water instead...
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This Tiny New Hampshire Island Town Has Around 1,000 Residents And Feels Like A Secret Coastal Escape
Roughly 1,000 people living in a tiny island community surrounded by coastal scenery? That's a striking contrast to the busy waterfront destinations that usually get all the attention.
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This Maryland Restaurant Serves Portuguese Inspired Chicken in a Dining Room With European Flair
Chicken marinates in African bird's eye chili for 24 hours before hitting the flames at this Maryland restaurant. You even choose the heat level, from gentle lemon and herb to...
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A New Jersey Restaurant Hidden Inside An Apartment Complex Is Serving Filipino-Inspired Comfort Food
A bowl of kare kare showed up on fresh mafaldini pasta instead of rice, and it came from a restaurant inside an apartment complex. Yeah, I'm definitely looking twice at that.
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A Missouri Butcher Shop Is Making Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies Inspired By Nutter Butters
A shop known for dry-aged ribeyes and house-made andouille also keeps a case of sweets near the meat counter. Yeah, I'm definitely looking twice at that.
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Pennsylvania Family Filled a 150-Year-Old, Four-Story Barn With Everything From Victorian Jewelry to Vintage Clothing
Four floors of antiques, vintage clothing, jewelry, and collectibles fill a Pennsylvania barn that has stood for approximately 150 years. What once served as a family auction house...
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This Minnesota Park Is Basically a Giant Junkyard Art Gallery
You know that moment when you see something so wonderfully absurd that you can't help but smile? That's the whole experience at this Minnesota park.
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Black Friday Shoppers Can Explore Brand-Name Outlets Spread Across Downtown Streets At This New Jersey Destination
An old bus terminal got turned into a Polo Ralph Lauren outlet. Yep, that's how this shopping district rolled into town back in 2003.
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California Woman Turned an 830-Square-Foot Toy Shop Into a Family Business With Nearly 100 Employees
Starting a toy store in an 830-square-foot space might seem like a modest business idea, but one California woman transformed that tiny beginning into a company employing nearly...
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A Castle Is Hiding in the Oregon Woods, and Its Story Is Seriously Strange
Stone ruins deep in the woods don't usually come with a name like this one. Something about the title alone makes people walk faster down the trail just to see it themselves.
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This Scenic 18-Mile Virginia Trail Was Just Inducted Into America’s Rail-Trail Hall Of Fame For 2026
An 18.5-mile paved path just earned a place in the national Rail-Trail Hall of Fame. That's a major honor for a route where cyclists and walkers can enjoy river views, historic...
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This Flat And Scenic Virginia Trail Takes You Across A Historic Railroad Bridge That Looks Like Something Out Of A Painting
A towering railroad bridge carries hikers and cyclists high above a river valley, with sweeping views that make stopping for a photograph almost irresistible. That's quite a reward...
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Dumplings, Noodles And Asian Comfort Food Make This New Jersey Restaurant A Must-Try For Food Lovers
Macaroni and cheese, folded by hand into a dumpling. Yep, that's a real menu item here, and it shares the table with aloo gobi dumplings dipped in mint, cilantro, and tamarind...
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This Maryland Consignment Village Features a Maze of Carefully Organized Treasures
Two large cases of rare coins sit just down the hall from vintage toys, old records, and colorful glassware. That's the kind of surprise waiting at this Maryland antique marketplace,...
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Ohio Restaurant Has Spent More Than 50 Years Naming Dishes After Its Regular Customers
Bananas, falafel, curry powder, sesame sauce, and cheese might sound like an unlikely combination, but they share the same spinach pie at an Ohio restaurant with a remarkable tradition....
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