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Hollywood Christmas Movie Props and a Giant Slide Fill Ohio’s 40,000-Square-Foot Holiday Wonderland
An enormous sleigh associated with the live-action Grinch movie is just one of the Christmas surprises waiting inside this Ohio attraction. Visitors also encounter a famous holiday...
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Some Of Missouri’s Most Tempting Steaks Are Hiding Inside This Historic Restaurant With Its Own Butcher Shop
This steakhouse started life in an 1898 brick building that once held a saloon and a brothel. Now it cuts and ages its own beef in an in-house butcher shop.
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Handmade Gifts and Holiday Foods Fill This Pennsylvania Christmas Market at a Former Steelmaking Site
Giant rusted blast furnaces tower over rows of twinkling holiday tents. That pairing sounds strange on paper, but it works beautifully.
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This Minnesota Pie Shop Turns Entire Slices Of Homemade Pie Into Milkshakes
A whole slice of homemade pie goes straight into the blender here. It meets ice cream and milk, and out comes a milkshake that tastes like dessert squared.
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This New Jersey Portuguese Restaurant Has A Dining Room Straight Out Of Europe
Two special tables in this dining room come with antique throne chairs and live piano music. That's a very fancy way to eat dinner on a weeknight.
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More Than 100 Gingerbread Creations Compete at This Pennsylvania Village, and Visitors Can See Them Free
More than 100 houses made of gingerbread go on display here every holiday season, and nobody charges a cent to see them. Bakers of all ages build them, and judges score every one.
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A Pennsylvania Pizza Shop Used 3,480 Pounds of Potatoes During Lent and Has a Replica Coal Mine Inside
Potatoes on pizza, served from a shop decorated like an old coal mine. That's a real thing, and it only shows up for part of the year.
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Thanksgiving Reservations At This Elegant Virginia Restaurant Are Already Sold Out For 2026
Thanksgiving dinner reservations disappeared before November even arrived. That's quite a statement about the popularity of a holiday meal served inside one of the state's most...
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This Virginia Pizzeria Was Named One Of The 50 Best Pizza Spots In America In 2026
Thirty-seventh place among America's best pizzerias is a pretty impressive achievement, especially when the competition includes celebrated restaurants from New York, California,...
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Pennsylvania Shoppers Can Find Brand-Name Baked Goods at Discount Prices at This Grocery Outlet
A grocery outlet where familiar bakery brands can cost far less than they do at a regular supermarket is already worth a second look. Add shelves of snacks, sweets, and everyday...
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The Massive Outlet Mall In Missouri That’s Too Good To Skip
A real fireplace crackles outside an outlet store every winter, right across from Michael Kors. I have to admit, that detail stopped me cold.
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One Thousand Apple Trees Given as a Wedding Gift in 1872 Started This Pennsylvania Family Farm
Most couples get dishes as a wedding present. One couple in 1872 got one thousand apple trees instead. I love that gift. It wasn't...
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The Giant Donut Holes At This Minnesota Bakery Are So Big They Almost Defeat The Purpose Of The Hole
The best-selling item at this donut shop is a donut hole, and some folks compare it to a tennis ball. That is not a typo. The smallest thing on most donut menus is the giant here.
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Walk Through 50 Restored Buildings At Oklahoma’s Pioneer Town Outside Duncan
I pulled off a quiet Oklahoma highway expecting a quick stretch break and maybe a postcard. Instead, I walked out two hours later smelling faintly of campfire smoke, a little damp...
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Ohio Families Line Up Before Sunrise for Holiday Pies at This Bakery That Makes 300 a Day
A bakery built almost entirely around pies, turning out roughly 300 of them on an ordinary day and even more during the holiday rush. Just crust, filling, and a whole lot of focus.
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This Creepy Year-Round Indiana Halloween Cafe Serves Up Spooky Potions in a Haunted Bookshop
A coffee shop where Halloween never ends just opened its doors, and the drinks come with a side of spooky. The shelves hold books, not just mugs.
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The Coffee Cake at This Historic Indiana Bakery Has Its Own Local-Famous Reputation
A coffee cake nicknamed the Alligator, finished with caramel icing, lives inside a tiny shop that opens at 5 a.m. That name alone stopped me cold.
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The Pork And Brisket At This Missouri BBQ Joint Spend Up To 14 Hours Over Hickory Before Reaching Your Plate
Every night, while most of us are asleep, pork and brisket sit in a hickory smoker for up to 14 hours. That's a full workday plus overtime, all for one plate of barbecue.
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An Ohio Family Restaurant Appeared in a Superman Movie, Then a Fire Forced It to Start Over After 43 Years
A neighborhood diner known for pierogi and stuffed cabbage ended up on the big screen in a Superman movie. Then a fire shut down its longtime home after 43 years of serving breakfast...
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A Mile-Long Holiday Light Spectacle Is Coming Back to Texas This November
Before the show begins, drivers switch off their headlights and tune their radios to the event's station. Then the road ahead lights up with millions of LEDs flashing to holiday...
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At This Oklahoma Train Museum, You Climb Aboard Old Trains For Free And Ride The Polar Express
Some of the best days in Oklahoma start with a wrong turn and a growling stomach. You pull off a quiet road expecting nothing, and suddenly you are staring at rows of giant old...
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Pennsylvania’s Million-Light Christmas Drive Offers a Chance to Win $1,000 by Finding a Reindeer’s Favorite Decorations
A million Christmas lights and a chance to win $1,000 make this Pennsylvania holiday tradition more than an ordinary drive through festive decorations. Somewhere along the route...
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This Old School Oregon Diner Still Looks Like The 1950s And Serves Generous Comfort Food
Model '57 Chevys and old Corvettes share wall space with vintage entertainer photos at this small-town Oregon diner. Then the cinnamon rolls show up, and they're big enough to...
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Chicken Fried Steaks Bigger Than The Plate Come Out Of These 5 Oklahoma Kitchens
The first time a waitress slid a chicken fried steak in front of me that hung over every edge of the plate, I laughed out loud. I had walked into a plain little cafe expecting...
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A Texas Restaurant Where the Entire Menu Is Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free
A sweet potato chocolate brownie topped with avocado mousse and berries is on the dessert menu at this Texas restaurant. And every dish skips both gluten and dairy.
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Lost Gold Rush Fever Built Then Emptied This Oklahoma Ghost Town In The Wichitas
Some of the best stories in Oklahoma hide behind a crooked porch and a gravel lot you almost drive past. I went looking for leftover traces of a gold rush in the granite hills...
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Tucked Inside Another Venue, This Oklahoma Puerto Rican Kitchen Tastes Like Home, And The Pernil Shows Why
I almost walked right past it, a tiny counter inside a bigger building, with a hand-lettered menu and a smell that stopped me cold. Garlic, slow-roasted pork, and something sweet...
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Hand-Crimped Fried Pies Keep Travelers Stopping At This Roadside Bakery In Oklahoma
Somewhere along a long Oklahoma drive, the snacks run out and the stomach starts asking questions. You pull off at a plain little building that looks more like a pit stop than...
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A Texas Man Built a 190-Foot Cross Beside the Highway and Turned It Into an Unexpected Roadside Landmark
A giant white cross rises above the Texas plains, tall enough to catch your eye long before the exit. Up close, it stands 190 feet high, with life-size bronze sculptures spread...
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Brushing Shaggy Highland Cows Is The Whole Point Of A Visit To This Oklahoma Farm
I went looking for a quick country detour and found myself face to face with a cow that looked like a walking orange shag rug. Somewhere off a quiet road in Oklahoma, a small ranch...
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We Found a Texas Indian Restaurant With a Lunch Buffet Worth Lingering Over
Naan stuffed with mint and jalapeños sits on the menu at this Texas restaurant, right alongside lamb kebabs and creamy spinach with homemade cheese. And at lunchtime, there's...
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This Ordinary Interstate Exit Leads To A Missouri Antique Mall With 200 Dealers And 30,000 Square Feet To Explore
Somewhere off Interstate 70, an antique mall named after a vegetable holds the goods of about 200 dealers. Yes, a vegetable. The...
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This Family-Run New Jersey Italian Market Still Makes Its Mozzarella Fresh Every Day
Fresh mozzarella is made in-house every day the shop is open, and New Jersey Monthly once called it the best in the state. That's a big claim in a place packed with Italian delis.
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Texas Barbecue Meets Korean Flavor At This Wildly Creative New Jersey Smokehouse
Smoked brisket, cheese, and kimchi, all stacked inside a sliced glazed donut. That sandwich is real, and it comes from a pitmaster who has won serious brisket competitions in New...
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This Once-Massive American Restaurant Chain Has Just One Location Left In Indiana, And It Still Serves The Classics
A steakhouse chain born in Indiana once grew to more than 700 restaurants across America. Today, the whole state is down to a single location, and it still serves up steaks.
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Hoosier Soldiers Built This Indiana Barricade More Than 160 Years Ago, And Traces Still Remain
About 450 farmers, shopkeepers, and neighbors once stacked logs and fence rails into a wall to stop roughly 2,000 Confederate cavalrymen. That wall went up in southern Indiana...
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This Small-Town Missouri Restaurant Plans Your Dinner Reservation Around The Theater’s Curtain Call
The bathroom has a gold toilet and glitter grout. The chef did that on purpose, because she didn't want a restroom that felt dark or sad.
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This Texas Abbey Has Quiet Grounds and Architecture That Feel Far Removed From City Life
Some of the limestone blocks in this Texas abbey weigh two and a half tons, yet the wooden roof inside seems to float above the walls. Narrow windows filter daylight across rough...
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This Oregon Roadside Restaurant Looks Like A Giant Log Cabin And Has A Free Museum Outside
The front doors weigh 500 pounds each, and you open them by grabbing real logging axes. That's how lunch begins at this spot. I find it hard to think of a better handshake from...
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Corn Cobs Became A Missouri Business In 1869, And Its Riverside Museum Still Tells The Unlikely Story
A farmer once asked a woodworker to turn a corn cob into a pipe on his lathe, and a whole industry popped out of that odd request. The company that grew from it still makes thousands...
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You Can See The Philadelphia Skyline From This Wild 250-Acre New Jersey Nature Preserve
Peregrine falcons nest on a 1929 drawbridge right above this park. You can even watch them on a webcam inside the visitor center. Yeah,...
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This New Hampshire Chinese Restaurant Has Served An All-You-Can-Eat Sunday Buffet For More Than 25 Years
A Sunday Chinese buffet that's been part of the dining routine for more than 25 years? That's a tradition worth paying attention to, especially for anyone who enjoys having plenty...
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This Maryland Vintage Paradise Has More Than 65 Dealers All in One Place
See a vintage toy you love at this Maryland antique mall, and there's no back room stocked with another one. Most finds are one of a kind, so leaving something behind can be a...
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A Remote Oregon Lake That Feels Otherworldly
You are paddling across water so clear it feels like you are floating in mid-air. The bottom is visible more than a hundred feet below. The color shifts from deep sapphire to brilliant...
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This New Hampshire Restaurant Serves Endless Hibachi And Sushi Without Making You Get Up For A Buffet
Unlimited sushi and hibachi dishes brought straight to your table? That's a pretty appealing arrangement, especially when you can skip the usual buffet line entirely.
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Two New Hampshire Brothers Put A 900-Degree Pizza Oven On A Trailer, Then Turned Their Idea Into A Restaurant
Two brothers mounted a pizza oven capable of reaching 900 degrees onto a trailer. That's a pretty ambitious way to get into the pizza business, but their unusual setup eventually...
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9 New Jersey Restaurants That Started As Food Trucks And Became Something Much Bigger
A New Jersey pizza favorite got its start inside a 1949 REO Speedwagon with a wood-burning pizza oven on board. Yes, a truck...
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After 15 Years in Prison for a Crime He Didn’t Commit, This Pennsylvania Man Opened a Coffee Shop
A man spent 15 years locked up for a crime he didn't commit. When he finally walked out, he decided to pour coffee for his neighbors.
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This Oregon Diner Puts a Korean Twist on American Breakfast Classics
The pancakes here come in acre sizes, and even the quarter acre is about as wide as a dinner plate. Order the full acre and you'll need a strategy, not just a fork.
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Forget Sweet Cakes, This New Hampshire Bakery Makes Savory Sausage Rolls And European Breads From Scratch
Savory sausage rolls and crusty European-style breads are the stars of this bakery's menu. That's a refreshing change when so many bakery displays focus almost entirely on sugary...
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This New Jersey Restaurant Serves A $250 King Platter Built For A Serious Feast
One platter on this menu is literally named after a king. And yeah, its price tag looks like it was set for royalty, too. The...
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This Maryland Bakery Serves Authentic Palestinian Flatbread Worth Driving Across Town For
The dough ferments for 48 hours before it meets a domed metal griddle. Then comes Palestinian za'atar mixed with olive oil, creating a flatbread that's crisp at the edges and chewy...
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This Free New Jersey Arts Garage Hides Galleries, Shops And Working Artist Studios
A parking garage near the Boardwalk has artists painting, sculpting, and stitching right behind its walls. Yep, the same building where people park their cars.
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A Missouri Woman Started Baking After Work To Relieve Stress, Then Left Her Corporate Career To Open A Sweet Shop
A single decorated sugar cookie here can take up to 15 minutes to finish by hand. That's one cookie. Multiply that by a baby...
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Two Pennsylvania Sisters Adopted Daughters on the Same Day, 14 Years Apart, Then Opened a Shop
Two sisters adopted their daughters on the very same calendar day, fourteen years apart. Then they opened a thrift shop together to help foster families.
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This Minnesota Restaurant Is Designed Around a Newspaper Theme
We've all seen diners themed around cars, sports, or maybe the 1950s. But a newspaper-themed restaurant? That's a first. This Minnesota spot is built around the printed page, and...
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Canaan Valley Holds The Largest High-Elevation Wetland In The Appalachians, And Rare Wildlife Lives There
More than 8,400 acres of wetland sit at roughly 3,200 feet up in the mountains. That's bogs, marshes, and swamp forest perched where you'd expect only ridges and rock.
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New Jersey Is Packed With Italian Restaurants, But This Hidden Gem Deserves Your Attention
Freshly made pasta is one of this restaurant's biggest draws. That alone got my attention. Then I learned the owner created his...
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This Small West Virginia Town Has a Neighborhood That Turns Into Whoville Every Christmas
A handful of neighbors in one tiny town turn their street into Whoville every single Christmas. Not a theme park. Not a ticketed...
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