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47 Rooms, 190,000 LED Lights, and Secret Passages Make This Ohio Museum Feel Like Another Universe
Quiet, slightly tired plazas on the east side of an Ohio city can hide something unexpected. Walking through one unassuming door leads to a glowing alien forest, and within seconds...
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Dig Into A Farm-To-Table Feast Before Hunting Real Spirits Inside This Haunted Alabama Home
The plan sounds straightforward: enjoy a seasonal dinner, admire a historic mansion, and investigate whether the ghost stories have any substance. The final part may be harder...
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An Oregon Lodge With Big Steakhouse Energy Is Calling Your Name
Flames in the fireplace, steaks on the grill, and a mountain backdrop that makes every table feel like the best seat in the house.
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This Massive Virginia Bowling Alley Has 32 Glowing Lanes And A Retro-Inspired Interior
Thirty-two lanes is a lot of bowling. But this Virginia alley is not just about the number. The interior leans into a retro aesthetic,...
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This Small Virginia Mountain Town Has Four Waterfalls Hidden Inside A 140-Acre Nature Park
Four waterfalls in one park is not something you see every day. This small Virginia mountain town has exactly that, tucked inside a 140-acre nature park that most people have never...
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This New Jersey Chinese Restaurant Takes Soup Dumplings To Another Level
Soup dumplings come with an important warning: patience is delicious, but impatience can be painful. Those delicate little...
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Maryland Locals Say the Chicken Parmesan at This Italian Restaurant Never Disappoints
Chicken parm is a dish that can go wrong in a lot of ways. Dry chicken, soggy breading, sauce that tastes like it came from a jar.
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Over 7,000 Toys Fill a Spaceship-Shaped Pennsylvania Store Where Playing Is Actually Encouraged
Giant silver spaceships parked beside country highways are not something you see every day, but one in Pennsylvania has been drawing curious drivers off the road for years. The...
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This Small Ohio Airport Is A Haven For Cheap Breeze Flights And Quick Security
I used to think the best part of any vacation started after the airport, never inside it. Then I flew out of a modest little terminal in Ohio and walked from my parked car to my...
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This Little Missouri Mill Sits Beside The Spring That Once Helped Power An Entire Town
The water beside this little mill once did much more than make the setting pretty. In Missouri, the spring first helped power a grist mill, then later supplied electricity to the...
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Always-Fresh Pan Dulce And Oaxacan Specialties Keep Regulars Coming Back To This Oklahoma Mexican Bakery
I only stopped because I needed coffee and something sweet, and the plain little storefront did not promise much. Then the door swung open and the smell of warm sugar and butter...
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A Giant Two-Headed T-Rex and a Bumblebee Made of Car Parts Stand in This Pennsylvania Sculpture Garden
Two-headed dinosaurs with spark plug teeth sit on a front lawn in Pennsylvania. Just down the road, a giant bumblebee wears the face of an old car, and a rocket points straight...
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This Minnesota Museum Lets You Play An Instrument Without Ever Touching It
Wave a hand in the air, and music answers back. No strings, no keys, no lessons required. The secret is an instrument that responds to movement alone. Step up, stretch your fingers...
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A New Jersey Farming Village Grew Around A Canal That Could Lift Entire Boats Over Hills
Boats climbing hills sounds like somebody got their transportation plans seriously mixed up. Yet that was the clever idea...
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Three Stooges Fans Can Find Nearly 100,000 Pieces of Comedy History Inside This Pennsylvania Museum
The familiar nyuk-nyuk-nyuk still echoes in memory, so discovering a whole museum devoted to slapstick comedy felt like a dream come true. Pennsylvania has a quiet spot that looks...
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13,000 Clocks and Watches Fill This Pennsylvania Museum, Including One With Marching Soldiers
Soft ticking drifts out of the galleries like friendly whispers, a chorus of clocks marking time in a small Pennsylvania river town. The largest collection of clocks and watches...
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This Hidden Urban Forest Playground In Alabama Once Safely Housed Real Live Spider Monkeys
The phrase "monkey business" takes on a fairly literal meaning at this Alabama park. For about 25 years, real spider monkeys performed on trapezes and flying rings, entertaining...
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This Completely Free Virginia Museum Sits Inside A 45-Acre Historic Park
Free admission is rare, especially when the museum is worth paying for. This Virginia museum charges nothing, and it sits inside a 45-acre historic park that adds another layer...
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One Of Virginia’s Most Unusual Museums Houses Rare Bibles And Sacred Texts Worth Over $1 Million
Museums usually display art, history, or science. This one displays something different. Rare Bibles and sacred texts, some of...
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Two-Headed Animals and Bizarre Circus Oddities Fill This Georgia Museum of the Unbelievable
Half a giraffe poking out of a wall made me laugh out loud before I even bought a ticket. Georgia has a museum packed floor to ceiling with strange treasures that most people only...
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This Missouri Restaurant Rolls Sushi Into Burritos Packed With Salmon, Shrimp Tempura, And Crunch
This is what happens when sushi gets a little less delicate and a lot more filling. At this Missouri restaurant, rolls come packed like burritos with salmon, shrimp tempura, rice,...
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An Ohio Museum Holds Mysterious Stones Found in the 1860s That Still Spark Arguments Over Their Origins
Hebrew letters carved into two stones have sparked arguments since the 1860s. One stone is shaped like a keystone, and the other shows a robed figure beside a short version of...
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This Historic Alabama Courthouse Features A Spooky Phantom Face Etched Permanently In A Window
A window should not have a fan club. Yet this one has kept people looking up for generations. The attraction is a faint, human-looking...
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The Minnesota Restaurant That Makes Its Own Smoked Meats
Smoke curls out of the back, and the whole block suddenly smells like a very good decision. Every cut here starts long before...
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Oversized Patties Meant For Sharing Keep Families Coming Back To This Old-School Oklahoma Burger Joint
Some of the best meals in Oklahoma come from places you would drive past a hundred times without a second look. A plain storefront, a parking lot, a sign that has seen a few decades.
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An Ohio Man Started a Witchcraft Museum in His Basement in 1966, and His Strange Collection Is Still on Display
Incense drifts through a small shop on a gray Ohio afternoon. The front door opens into a space that smells softly of something ancient, and right away this feels unlike any ordinary...
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Indiana’s Secret Sandstone Chapel Looks Like It Was Plucked Straight Out of the Swiss Alps
Some historic buildings are famous for how much they contain. This chapel is memorable for how little it needs. Sandstone walls....
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This Nostalgic Indiana Outdoor Haven Treats You To Rich Scoops Right Next To A Live Steam Train Museum
The perfect day here has a very specific soundtrack. A steam whistle. The clatter of machinery. A spoon tapping against an...
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Find Vintage Yarn, Fine Paints, And Quirky Mosaic Scraps At This Sustainable Indiana Eco-Crafter’s Paradise
A teacher preparing an art lesson, a quilter hunting for fabric, and a weekend crafter searching for something fun might seem to have very little in common. Here, they can all...
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Motorcycle Riders Love This Virginia Waterfront Hangout With Live Music And A Front-Row Beach View
Riders pull up in groups, park their bikes in a row, and head straight for the water. This Virginia waterfront hangout has become a favorite for motorcycle enthusiasts, and it...
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This Missouri Farm Has A 16-Acre Corn Maze And A Three-Story Gumball Coaster
Most fall farms do not have a candy machine tall enough to need its own staircase. This Missouri farm does. Inside the barn,...
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Customers Have Been Sticking Their Chewing Gum to the Wall of This Ohio Sandwich Shop for Decades
Gum in my pocket turned out to be the smartest thing I packed all day. The outside walls of this Ohio sandwich shop are covered in thousands of colorful blobs of chewed gum, each...
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This Texas Wildlife Area Has 11,000 Acres of Forests, Wetlands, and Rare Carnivorous Plants
Eleven thousand acres is a lot of land to protect, and this Texas wildlife area uses every bit of it to shelter forests, wetlands, and some of the rarest carnivorous plants found...
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Built From 625 Aluminum Panels In 1958, This Route 66 Dome In Oklahoma City Still Looks Like The Future
I was only looking for a quick lunch stop when a giant golden bubble showed up at a busy Oklahoma corner, glowing like a spaceship that forgot to leave. My sandwich could wait.
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This Pennsylvania Mine Makes Ice in Summer, Then Loses It When Winter Arrives
Holes in hillsides usually do not grow ice in July, but Pennsylvania has one that does exactly that. On a sticky summer day when the car air conditioner felt like a best friend,...
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Dare To Dine At This Missouri Mansion Known For Its Ghost Stories
Dinner gets a little stranger when the building comes with more ghost stories than guest rooms. This Missouri mansion has been tied to paranormal legends for decades, with visitors...
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12 Oregon Food Stops That Make You Wonder Why You Didn’t Hear About Them Sooner
Somebody hands you a plate, you take one bite, and your first thought is: why did nobody tell me about this? Across Oregon,...
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This Ohio village still runs on 1850s skills, and kids get to watch glass, iron, and candles take shape
I expected a quick stop, maybe a barn and a gift shop, somewhere off a quiet Ohio road. Instead, I found a whole village where the smell of wood smoke, warm clay, and apple butter...
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Over 1,000 Lighted Displays Turn Muskogee’s Honor Heights Park Into A Free Christmas Drive
We almost skipped it, figuring a city park light show in Oklahoma would be a few strands on a fence and a plastic snowman. Instead, we rolled down the windows, cranked the heat,...
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This 50,000-Square-Foot Texas Antique Mall Is the Kind of Place Where an Hour Disappears Fast
Antique malls come in all sizes, but this Texas one takes things to another level with 50,000 square feet of vendor booths packed with vintage finds, collectibles, and the kind...
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Seven Ohio apple cider mills press fresh jugs
I only pulled over because of a hand-painted sign and a sudden craving for something cold and sweet. Inside a plain little farm market in Ohio, I found a jug of cider so fresh...
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Rescued Tigers, Bears And Wolves Find A Forever Home At This Sanctuary In Oklahoma
Picture a quiet country road in Oklahoma, a simple gate, and then the low rumble of a tiger chuffing somewhere past the fence. Most folks drive right by without knowing that nearly...
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Fans Still Climb The Steps Of This Tulsa Drive-In Theater Where The Outsiders Was Filmed
Some places look ordinary from the road until you realize you have seen them before, maybe on a living room TV years ago. That was the jolt waiting for me on a warm evening in...
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This Ordinary Oklahoma City Storefront Hides A Warehouse Of Fabric Prints From Around The World
I only stopped because I needed a couple yards of plain cotton for a quick project. From the parking lot, the place looked like any other shop in a strip of ordinary storefronts...
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8 Texas Restaurants So Good and Affordable They Feel Like Pricing Mistakes
Some restaurants charge premium prices and deliver forgettable food, but these eight Texas spots do the opposite, serving generous portions of genuinely good cooking at prices...
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An Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Parlor Worth The Trip Has Been Serving Missouri Since 1933
Some places never needed to become trendy in the first place. This Missouri ice cream parlor has been serving scoops, shakes, malts, and sundaes since 1933, and that old-fashioned...
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Quilters Can Spend A Whole Fall Weekend Hopping Between These 6 Oklahoma Fabric Shops
Some of the best bolts of fabric in Oklahoma are tucked behind plain storefronts you could drive past a hundred times. Step inside one, though, and you might lose an entire afternoon...
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These Favorite Galway Activities Will Make You Feel Like A Local
Vistas of the sea, live music, friendly pubs, a student vibe – all define the appeal of charming Galway, Ireland’s second largest city with a small-town feel. If Ed Sheeran’s...
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This Missouri Vintage Market Opens Just One Weekend A Month In A Converted Factory
Most vintage shops let you wander in whenever you want. This Missouri market makes you wait for the first weekend of the month, then fills a converted factory with fresh inventory...
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How This Small Texas Fabric Store Became A Hub For Local Crafters
A fabric store can be just a place to buy supplies, or it can become something bigger, and this Texas shop has clearly chosen the second path by turning itself into a hub for local...
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This Missouri Orchard Market Makes Apple, Peach, And Blueberry Cider Doughnuts
Apple cider doughnuts are already hard to pass up, but this Missouri orchard gives them some competition. The market also makes peach and blueberry versions, turning one bakery...
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This New Jersey Bakery Boldly Claims To Make The Best Jelly Donut On The Planet
Calling your jelly donut the best on the planet is a pretty bold move. That's a lot of bakeries to challenge before breakfast. But...
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9 New Jersey Spots Serving Georgian Khachapuri And Khinkali Worth The Drive
There are cheese pulls, and then there are cheese pulls that require a little strategy. Georgian food has a knack for making...
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This Charming Indiana Polish Hub Turns Homemade Pierogi And Year-Round Paczki Into A Fall Road Trip
The ideal Polish food haul has a little of everything. Something savory for dinner. Something hearty for tomorrow. Something...
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This Indiana Shrine Was Built Entirely to Honor the State’s Legendary High School Basketball Heritage
Some people save family photographs. Indiana basketball fans might also want to save the ticket from that unforgettable game. High...
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This Missouri Family Restaurant Keeps Breakfast Simple With Eggs, Hash Browns, And Biscuits And Gravy
Breakfast does not need a gimmick when the basics are done right. This Missouri family restaurant keeps the morning menu familiar with eggs, crispy hash browns, biscuits and gravy,...
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This Texas Taco Spot Has Locals Completely Loyal While Visitors Barely Know It Exists
Some taquerias chase attention while others simply let the food do the talking, and this Texas spot falls firmly into the second category, with locals who are fiercely loyal and...
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This Oregon Restaurant Is Hiding In A Historic Downtown Building And Serves Seasonal Northwest Food
Brick walls, tall windows, and a doorway most people stroll past without a second glance. Behind it, dinner is quietly doing something special.
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This Missouri Garden Center Has Everything To Turn A Bare Yard Into Your Favorite Escape
A bare yard can feel like a big project until you walk into a place with everything lined up in front of you. This Missouri...
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Hundreds Of Workers Once Lived Around This New Jersey Ironworks, And Their Village Is Still Crumbling In The Woods
Well, the forest is slowly winning this one. Stone walls, furnace ruins, old foundations, and pieces of waterworks still sit among the trees where an entire ironworking village...
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