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This New Jersey Turkish Bakery Never Closes, So Baklava At 3 A.M. Is Completely Normal
The lights never go off at this Turkish bakery, not even on a sleepy Tuesday at 3 a.m. Baklava, borek, and Turkish tea are ready around the clock, every single day.
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The World’s Highest-Rated Wooden Roller Coaster Is Hiding in a Tiny Indiana Holiday Town
A wooden roller coaster in a tiny holiday town keeps riders floating out of their seats for 24.3 seconds. That's a world record for airtime on a wooden coaster, and honestly, it...
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This Eerie Indiana Prison Was Once Home To The State’s Most Infamous Bank Robbers
A gangster supposedly broke out of an escape-proof jail using a gun he carved from wood. Then he drove away in the sheriff's own brand-new Ford.
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Why Schnitzel At This Small-Town Missouri Restaurant Feels Like A Trip To Germany Without The Flight
Six different schnitzels share one menu here, and one of them arrives buried under melted cheese. That alone made me stop scrolling.
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Holiday Shoppers Walk Into a Different World When This Texas Christmas Store Goes All Out for the Season
An entire room in this Texas store is devoted to Christmas ribbon. Not ornaments or trees, just ribbon in hundreds of styles. Beyond...
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This Family-Owned Oregon Shop Makes Handmade Chocolate Frogs Inside an Old Bowling Alley
Somewhere on the Oregon coast, a building that once held a bowling alley now holds chocolate frogs. Yes, frogs. Solid chocolate ones, made with Swiss chocolate and sold in over...
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Holiday Shoppers Walk Into A Different World When This Missouri Nursery Goes Full Christmas With Thousands Of Lights
Thousands of holiday lights take over a garden center that usually sells shrubs and tomato plants. Yep, the place where you buy mulch in spring turns into a glowing Christmas stop.
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An Old New Jersey Estate Still Has A Working Gristmill, And Visiting The Grounds Costs Nothing
A gristmill rebuilt in 1872 still grinds corn into meal on weekends, and nobody charges you a cent to watch. Yeah, I'm definitely looking twice at that.
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This New Hampshire Seafood Restaurant Serves A Fisherman’s Platter Loaded With Six Different Kinds Of Seafood
Haddock, sea scallops, shrimp, calamari, oysters, and whole belly clams all land on one fried platter. That's six kinds of seafood sharing a single plate, and nobody has to fight...
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After Six Years and a $10 Million Transformation, an Old Maryland Wallpaper Store Became a Seafood Restaurant
Some of the dining tables at this Maryland seafood restaurant used to be floorboards. Original heart pine flooring was salvaged during the renovation and turned into furniture.
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Rattlesnakes Call This Massive Oregon Preserve Home So Watch Where You Step
A rock spire called Monkey Face rises about 350 feet over a canyon floor. Down below, rattlesnakes bask on warm stones near the trails.
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Two Greek Immigrants Started Selling Candy And Ice Cream, And Their New Hampshire Business Grew Into A Family Restaurant Empire
One New Hampshire restaurant says it invented the chicken tender back in 1974. Yes, that chicken tender, the one now on nearly every kids' menu in America.
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A New Hampshire Family Started Selling Milk In 1907, And Nearly 120 Years Later, Their Homemade Ice Cream Still Draws Customers
The ice cream base at this farm stand has followed the same formula since 1956. That's longer than most of us have been alive, and they still make it in small 10-gallon batches.
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The Animals At This New Jersey Refuge Have Remarkable Rescue Stories, And Visitors Can Meet Them
A raccoon caught in a leg-hold trap started this whole place. It couldn't go back to the wild, so it got a forever home instead. That...
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Six Haunted Attractions Spread Across 60 Acres of Pennsylvania Woods After Dark
One attraction here is called Pitch Black, and the name is not a metaphor. You walk through total darkness with only your nerves for company.
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This Old-School Italian Hideaway In Oregon Is Winning Hearts One Bite At A Time
A restaurant planned as a speakeasy ended up serving pizza instead. That twist happened in 1949, and I still can't get over it. A...
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This New Jersey Bakery Changes Its Menu So Often, You Never Know What Pastries You’ll Find
A pastry case that changes so often, the board by the door is breaking news? Yep. One week there might be cruffins with pistachio...
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A Maryland Cannery That Once Packed Food for the Chesapeake Bay Is Now a Three Story Antique Paradise
Seven hundred dozen pairs of stockings once came off the second floor of this building every week. Downstairs, workers packed canned goods for shipment by water and rail.
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This 30,000-Square-Foot Missouri Discount Store Turns Closeouts And Freight Claims Into Grocery Bargains
About 5,000 new products land on the shelves of one Missouri grocery store every single day. Yep, every day. That means the aisles...
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125 Years of Family Farming Meet a Pumpkin Cannon at This Ohio Fall Destination
A farm in northeast Ohio shoots pumpkins out of a cannon. Yes, an actual cannon, aimed at open farmland, launching gourds for fun. The...
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This Minnesota House Turns Its Front Yard Into A Walk-Through Halloween Nightmare
It all started with a dad promising his daughter one single Halloween decoration. Nearly two decades later, that one decoration has grown into a full walk-through haunt spread...
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Forget Sweet Pies, This New Jersey Shop Makes British Meat Pies And Traditional Pasties
A single pasty here can weigh at least a pound. That is a full meal folded into puff pastry, and it is sold cold so you can heat it at home.
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Six Vendors Started This South Carolina Market, and Now Around 200 Show Up Every Saturday
Every Saturday morning, a city shuts down several blocks of its main street just so people can shop, snack, and wander. No cars. Just...
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This Oregon Fabric Store Is a Hidden Paradise for Anyone Who Loves Sewing on a Budget
A fabric shop bigger than 50,000 square feet sounds like a typo. It isn't, and the bolts reportedly stretch in every direction under high ceilings.
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This Virginia Farm Lets You Cuddle Fluffy Mini Highland Cows, Brush Their Coats And Feed Them By Hand
Somewhere outside Richmond, a herd of shaggy mini Highland cows is waiting for someone to brush their bangs. Yes, cow bangs. They...
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This Virginia Breakfast Buffet Lets You Go Back For More Bacon, Sausage, Homemade Biscuits And Gravy Every Morning
A breakfast buffet that opens at 6 AM on weekdays and runs seven days a week? That's my kind of schedule. Crispy bacon, fluffy...
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This New Jersey Vintage Furniture Shop Feels Like An Art Gallery Where Almost Everything Is For Sale
A shop that calls itself the number one used chair store in town? I love that kind of confidence. It tells me the owners have...
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This Maryland Breakfast Spot Has Appeared in Major TV Shows and Movies but Still Looks Like an Old-Fashioned Diner
Hollywood didn't need to build a diner set for The WireHouse of Cards or . Both shows filmed inside this Maryland breakfast spot, where polished chrome, maple booths,...
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Since 1984, This Pennsylvania Closeout Store Has Kept Bargain Hunters Guessing What’s on the Shelves
Every shopper gets to pick a free gift on the way out. That alone made me grin, because when was the last time a store thanked you with a prize?
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For Nearly 200 Years, This Ohio Tavern Has Served Meals in a Spot Fans Call the State’s Oldest
I'll admit I almost walked right past it, thinking it was just another old building with a sign out front. Then the smell of warm pretzels and grilled bratwurst stopped me cold...
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Fried Pepper Jack Tops The Burgers At This Missouri Restaurant, And Gooey Butter Cake Finishes The Job
Fried pepper jack cheese sits right on top of a burger here, and it shares space with bacon, BBQ sauce, and crispy fried onions. Yep, the cheese gets fried before it ever meets...
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Oklahoma’s German Deli Makes Sausages So Authentic You’ll Forget You’re On The Plains
I pulled into a plain strip-center parking lot in Oklahoma expecting a quick lunch and nothing more. Then the smell of smoked sausage and warm pretzels hit me at the door, and...
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35,000 Square Feet of Old-Fashioned Finds Fill This Ohio Store Built Around Amish Traditions
A red phone booth sits inside this store, and it still works. Drop in a dime, and you can actually make a real call. That quirky...
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Why Schnitzel At This Minnesota Tavern Feels Like A Trip To Bavaria Without The Flight
A German restaurant sits in a pine forest, and the menu offers schnitzel in several styles, from mushroom-sauced Jäger to creamy Rahm. That alone had me reading the menu twice.
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This New Jersey Vintage Shop Is Packed With The Toys, Records, And Oddities You Forgot You Loved
A life-size Falkor, the Luck Dragon from The NeverEnding Story, waits behind a locked door inside a small vintage shop. Yes, that Falkor.
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Skip the Black Friday Rush at This Ohio Outlet Where Books Sell for 59 Cents a Pound
Books here are priced by the pound, not by the cover. A stack of paperbacks can cost less than a fancy coffee. That alone makes...
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What Started in 900 Square Feet Became a Pennsylvania Family’s Countryside Chocolate Destination
A candy shop that began in just 900 square feet now spreads across a little village of sweet buildings along a country road. That growth story made me grin right away.
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9 Virginia Orchards Where You Can Buy Fresh Fruit Straight From The Growers
Thomas Jefferson once accepted part of a mountain as payment for legal work. Today, that same mountain is covered in apple trees you can pick yourself.
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A Virginia Family Brought Generations Of Afghan Recipes To America And Turned Them Into A Beloved Neighborhood Restaurant
Every table gets warm Afghan bread before anyone even opens a menu. That bread arrives with four house sauces, including one made with avocado and a mango sauce that's sweet and...
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1,800 Cinnamon Sticks a Week Come From an Ohio Bakery Using a Recipe Nobody Wrote Down
About 1,800 cinnamon sticks leave one small bakery every single week. The recipe behind them was never written down. Somehow,...
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This Family-Owned Missouri Warehouse Sells Store Liquidations By The Truckload, But You Can Buy A Single Pallet
This Missouri wholesaler sells store returns and overstock, with most inventory shipping directly from retailer or supplier facilities. Single pallets are occasionally available,...
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Step Back to 1840 at This Ohio General Store Packed With More Than 15,000 Old-Fashioned Finds
More than 15,000 different products fill this historic country store, but the homemade fry pies might still steal the show. That is a tough lineup for any sweet tooth to handle.
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A Tiny Minnesota Bread Shop Grew Into One Of The State’s Most Beloved Italian Bakeries
The potica recipe at this bakery traces back to a woman named Mary Janezich in the early 1900s. That's over a century of walnut bread, rolled and swirled by hand. I find that kind...
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Meet The Chickasaw Plum Cobbler And Five Other Desserts Worth Ordering At These Oklahoma Cafes
I only stopped for a cup of coffee, and somehow I left with a sticky spoon and a plan to come back the next weekend. That is how dessert works in Oklahoma, where a small counter...
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2 Million Customers a Month Visit the California Bakery One Woman Started With Homemade Cakes
A bakery chain that started with one woman selling homemade cakes from her house now serves about 2 million customers a month. That's not a typo.
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This Indiana Living History Village Lights Up Its Authentic Log Cabins for a Magical Winter Preview Late This November
A 200-year-old brick house turns into a movie screen for 'Twas The Night Before Christmas every winter evening. Nearby, Santa works on his sleigh inside a barn.
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This Indiana Japanese Grocery Store Is Packed With Seafood, Bento Boxes, and Treats Straight From Japan
Umbrellas shaped like katanas share shelf space with sushi-shaped erasers at this Japanese market. Somewhere nearby, sashimi-grade tuna, salmon, and eel wait for home sushi chefs.
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The Historic Riverside Town in Indiana That Looks Exactly Like a Hallmark Movie Set
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Shirley MacLaine once filmed a movie on these streets. A star-shaped plaque still marks the spot outside the old theater.
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A Missouri Businessman Used His Cleaning-Product Fortune To Buy 843 Acres, Then Left His Private Wilderness To The State
A man made his fortune selling a cleaner called Off, then spent decades buying up wild canyons. He kept going until his land matched the size of Central Park.
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First a Haunted Barn, Then a Quarter-Mile Cornfield at This Pennsylvania Farm
A man wearing a giant ice cream cone on his head might be the least scary thing you meet here. That should tell you plenty about this haunt.
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A Texas Farm Combines Pumpkins, Corn Mazes, And A Surprisingly Beautiful Countryside Escape
This year's corn maze is shaped like Dolly Parton, complete with a guitar and butterfly when viewed from above. That's quite a surprise to find in a Texas field, especially when...
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7 Oklahoma Hobby Shops Where One More Aisle Always Steals Another Hour
I only meant to grab a tube of glue on a slow Saturday in Oklahoma, and somehow I walked out two hours later holding a model kit, a pack of dice, and a plan for the whole winter....
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More Than 100 Acres of Pennsylvania Farmland Become a Halloween Fright Fest Each Fall
A haunted hayride carries visitors into dark farmland where elaborate scenes and costumed actors wait around the next turn. That one detail alone tells you this Halloween stop...
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People Drive Over An Hour To Eat Pizza At This Unassuming Oregon Restaurant
A single 16-inch pepperoni pizza here carries more than 100 slices of pepperoni. That number alone made me sit up straight. I can't imagine anyone counting them, but I'm glad somebody...
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Still Family-Owned After More Than 65 Years, This Ohio Italian Deli Keeps Feeding Generations
I almost drove past it, and honestly, I am a little embarrassed about how many times I had done exactly that. This small Ohio Italian deli looks ordinary from the street, but one...
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Vietnamese Banh Mi Costs Less Than Fast Food At These 6 OKC Area Bakeries
I walked into a tiny Oklahoma bakery expecting a quick snack and walked out holding a warm, crackly sandwich that ruined drive-thru burgers for me. The bread shattered, the pickled...
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Kids Who Visited Berkeley Springs Bathed Where George Washington Soaked In 1748
A teenage George Washington wrote about the fam'd warm springs in his diary in 1748. Today, kids can kick off their shoes and climb into a stone tub honoring that very spot.
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This Texas Halloween Trail Glows With More Than 10,000 Carved Pumpkins Across Nine Different Worlds
More than 10,000 hand-carved pumpkins light up a half-mile trail at this Texas Halloween event. Not a patch, not a hayride, and definitely not a quiet little fall outing.
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This Busy Ohio Meat Market Is Where Folks Pick Up Meat Packs at Very Fair Prices
I'll admit it: I once planned an entire weekend drive around a sandwich and a cooler. Ohio has plenty of butcher shops, but this one in the western part of the state keeps folks...
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Fried Catfish And Free Hushpuppies Keep Lake Eufaula Families Coming Back To This Fish House
You almost drive right past it, because there is no big sign out front telling you where you are. Then you open the door, smell cornmeal and hot oil, and realize half of Oklahoma...
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