The Most Beautiful Waterfront Town In The Country Might Just Be This Hidden Oregon Gem You’ve Never Heard Of
You have probably seen it in movies without realizing it, a timeless coastal town perched where a mighty river meets the vast Pacific. Recent national recognition has put this...
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Six Generations Later, This Missouri Family Still Makes The German Sausage That Started Its Business In The 1870s
A German-style bologna recipe from the 1870s is still being made by the same family today. Six generations have kept it going. That's...
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This New Jersey Bakery Piles So Much Crumb On Its Crumb Cake, The Cake Almost Feels Secondary
Roughly 2,000 pounds of crumb topping get baked here every single week. Yeah, I'm definitely looking twice at that number. The...
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This New Hampshire Cafe Has Palm Trees And A Tropical Beach Setting With Indoor Surfing Right Next Door
Palm trees, a beach-inspired atmosphere, and indoor surfing right next door? That sounds like an unexpected combination for a cafe in New Hampshire, especially when the weather...
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This Unassuming Maryland Bookstore Has New and Used Books That Make It Hard to Leave Empty Handed
Four or five books get bundled into a grab bag at this Maryland bookstore, so your next favorite author could be a complete surprise. That's an excellent way to derail a perfectly...
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These 11 Iconic Oregon Buffets Pack In Hungry Crowds Weekend After Weekend
The steam tables never stop humming, and the line forms before the doors even open. These iconic Oregon buffets pack in hungry crowds weekend after weekend. The reason is simple:...
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An 1898 New Hampshire Church Became A Restaurant Where You Can Dine Beneath Original Stained-Glass Windows
Original stained-glass windows from an 1898 church still overlook the dining room of a restaurant. That's quite a setting for dinner, and certainly something you don't encounter...
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The Rotisserie Chicken At This New Jersey Colombian Spot Keeps People Coming Back
The name on the sign is actually a family tree. Four surnames got squeezed into one catchy word, and it's been hanging over a chicken counter since 1996.
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More Than 200 Life-Size Nutcrackers Turn This Ohio Town Into a Christmas Village
Every single one of these life-size nutcrackers has its own name. Some of them even poke fun at local history and the town's own quirks.
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This Oregon Bakery Has Been Handcrafting Traditional Sfogliatelle for Years
The layers are paper-thin and shatter with every bite. This Oregon bakery has been handcrafting traditional sfogliatelle for years, and the result is nothing short of a pastry...
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Millions Of Christmas Lights Are Returning To This New Hampshire Walking Trail With Glowing Tunnels And Festive Displays
Millions of twinkling lights are about to take over a golf course. Yes, the same grass where people chase little white balls all summer turns into a glowing holiday trail every...
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This New Jersey Farm Raises Its Own Beef And Sells It Right At The Farm Store
The cows here never eat grain. Not once, not even at the very end, when most cattle get fattened up on corn. Instead, they move...
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9 Maryland Breakfast Spots That Give You a Reason to Get Out of Bed Early
One Maryland breakfast sandwich stacks fried chicken, bacon, an egg, cheese, and sausage gravy on a single buttermilk biscuit. That's a pretty bold way to start the morning, especially...
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8 Quiet Missouri Bookstores That Feel Just Like A Private Library
One bookstore in this lineup has two resident cats named Gatsby and Zelda.” Another keeps a piano on its main floor, and skilled customers are welcome to play it.
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An 80-Foot Pennsylvania Snow Tubing Hill Lets Riders Race Down Snow and Ice
A snow tubing hill rising about 80 feet sits right next to a hotel. Riders can race down snowy lanes or try an ice slide that doesn't even require snow, then ride a powered lift...
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This Family-Owned Minnesota Hotdish Spot Is Giving Every Chain in Town Serious Competition
We've all had those meals at chain restaurants - comfortable, predictable, and completely forgettable the moment we walk out the door. This family-owned Minnesota spot is here...
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Skate Around Curves and Hills on Ohio’s 1,000-Foot Refrigerated Ice Trail
An ice skating trail winds past a river, under open sky, with a downtown skyline watching from across the water. It stretches about 1,000 feet, and it doesn't just loop in a boring...
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This Oregon Seafood Restaurant Just Landed National Recognition, And Food Lovers Are Paying Attention
The accolades keep rolling in for this Oregon coastal gem, and food lovers across the country are finally taking notice. Yelp just named it the best seafood restaurant in the entire...
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A Virginia Father Spent Three Years Turning An Old Tire Shop Into A Zombie-Themed Pizzeria Inspired By His Son
An old tire shop became a zombie-themed pizzeria because a teenager loved zombies. Seriously, that's the family inspiration behind one of the more unusual restaurant concepts you'll...
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Forget Sweet Pies, This Virginia Bakery Serves Savory British Meat Pies, Sausage Rolls And Traditional Pasties
Golden pastry filled with savory meat and vegetables deserves just as much attention as a slice of dessert pie. Especially when the bakery specializes in traditional British-style...
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The Factory Is Gone, But Its Giant 50-Foot Clock Still Stands In New Jersey
A minute hand nearly 26 feet long sweeps around a clock face so big you can read it from Manhattan. Yep, from across an entire river.
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This Hidden Texas Bookstore Treasure Trove Lets Visitors Take Every Book Completely Free
Every book in this Texas warehouse is free to take home. Every single one. You can browse shelves of novels, children's stories,...
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A Pennsylvania Artist Turns Crushed Glass Into Mosaics and Wood Into Flowers That Never Wilt
A tiny gift shop sells locally made art and pours mushroom coffee at the same counter. That combo alone made me stop scrolling. The...
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This Missouri Breakfast Spot Serves 14-Inch Pancakes That Make Your Plate Look Too Small
A single pancake here stretches 14 inches across. That is wider than most dinner plates, so the edges just hang over the sides like a tablecloth.
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Georgia Burger Joint Serves Fresh-Ground Burgers From a Restored 1948 Trolley
A vintage electric trolley from 1948 has found an unlikely second life in a small Georgia mountain town. Instead of carrying commuters along city streets, it now serves as the...
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Minnesota Food Destinations That Bring Global Flavors To The Midwest
A tavern in southern Minnesota is known for sauerkraut balls, and it also serves ribs with its own white rib sauce. I had to read that twice. It sounds like a menu dreamed up by...
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This New Jersey German Butcher Shop Makes A Grocery Run Feel Like A Trip To Europe
Two smokehouses run constantly at this butcher shop. That means you can often smell bacon in the air just driving past. Yeah,...
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This California Restaurant Was Feeding Travelers Before Route 66 Even Existed
Low wooden buildings under giant trees do not belong in a landscape of strip malls, which is why the gravel lot feels like a wrong turn at first glance. People have been eating...
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More Than 100 Ohio Book Lovers Formed a Human Chain to Move 200 Books to a New Bookstore
More than 100 people lined up along a busy sidewalk to pass books from hand to hand. These were volunteers. They just wanted...
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Malls Are Dying Across America, But This Massive Virginia Shopping Destination Still Draws Visitors From Miles Away
More than 300 brands, around 40 dining destinations, and a 16-screen movie theater all share one enormous shopping complex. That's enough to make a quick shopping trip turn into...
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Over 650,000 Christmas Lights Turn This Virginia Woodland Trail Into A Holiday Wonderland
More than 725,000 Christmas lights are set to illuminate a half-mile woodland trail this holiday season. That's an enormous amount of sparkle packed into a walk through the trees,...
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This Texas Tea Room Serves Authentic British Tea With Fresh Scones That Feels Straight Out of London
A woman who won Netflix's Is It Cake? now pours proper English tea in a cozy room near Dallas. She also guards a bright red telephone booth.
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After 25 Years in Nursing, an Ohio Woman Bought a Popcorn Machine and Eventually Opened a Shop Selling Cincinnati Chili-Flavored Popcorn
Somebody figured out how to put the taste of a Cincinnati chili parlor onto popcorn. Yes, chili-flavored popcorn is a real thing you can buy and snack on.
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A Missouri Collector Filled A Former Bank With Pictures Woven From Silk, And The Collection Grew Beyond 500 Works
A man once took apart an old billiards picture to reframe it and found out it wasn't printed at all. Every bit of the image was woven from silk thread.
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This Pennsylvania BBQ Joint Challenges Two People to Finish a 9-Pound Pizza in Just 45 Minutes
A pizza that weighs nearly 10 pounds sits on a menu in Pennsylvania, and finishing it fast makes it free. You get 45 minutes on the clock. That's the whole deal, and it's a big...
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This Indiana Attraction Combines State History, Giant-Screen Films, and a Walk Along the Canal
A mastodon named Fred lives downtown, and he shares a building with a six-story movie screen. That alone should earn a road trip. I...
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This Minnesota Butcher Shop Sells Meat And Cheese Without Using Any Animal Products
A butcher shop sells porterhouse steaks, Korean ribs, and smoked gouda, yet no animal went into any of it. Every single item is made from plants, by hand, right in the shop.
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8 Old-School Ohio Bakeries Where Early Mornings Mean Fresh Donuts and Local Traditions
Early mornings have a special meaning in Ohio's small towns, especially when a neighborhood bakery starts filling its display cases with fresh donuts, cinnamon rolls, and pastries....
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This Indiana Diner Sits Right Near the State Line and Serves Classic American Breakfasts
A goetta hoagie stacked with two eggs, bacon, and cheese, then completely buried in gravy. That breakfast exists, and it lives a few minutes from the Ohio border in Indiana.
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This Small Indiana Town Has a Country Buffet Serving the Kind of Lunch Chain Restaurants Rarely Get Right
A plate of brown buttered noodles sitting next to a slice of Gma's Amish Meatloaf is a lunch you can't fake. That combo shows up at a small country restaurant where horse-drawn...
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11 Under-The-Radar Missouri Riverfront Restaurants Locals Secretly Guard
Ulysses S. Grant once used a riverside building as an office, and today you can order shrimp and grits inside it. I can't get...
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Georgia’s Last Surviving Original Tea Room Has Served Southern Comfort Food Since 1945
Sixteen traditional tea rooms once operated in Atlanta, but only one original establishment from that era remains. Opened...
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This Hidden Maryland Trail Leads to a Wild Beach That Feels Frozen in Time
Shark teeth can turn up in the sand at the end of this half-mile woodland trail. Not plastic souvenirs, but fossils from animals that swam here millions of years ago.
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Friday’s $11 Bargains Drop to Just $1 by Thursday at This Ohio Store Full of Retail Returns
Every Friday, the same overflowing bins of retail returns cost more than they will all week. By Thursday, the price has tumbled to about the cost of a candy bar from the checkout...
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Oregon State Parks That Feel Far More Remote Than They Really Are
Oregon has exactly one state park inside a major metro area, and it hides a forested ravine where horses share the trails with hikers. That fact stopped me cold. City buses and...
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Locals Say These 9 Texas Towns Are Being Transformed by Outside Investors
A longtime Texas shopkeeper has turned down repeated offers to buy his ranch-supply store, even as tourist businesses reshape the streets around him. He worries that local families...
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This Maryland Wing Spot Is a Flavor Fan’s Paradise With So Many Sauces to Try
One wing sauce here combines nine different hot peppers. Nine. And that's only one option on a Maryland menu that also runs through...
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This Texas Christmas Shop Keeps the Holiday Spirit Alive Year-Round With Miniature Villages, Ornaments, and Festive Collectibles
Little snow-covered houses form miniature Christmas villages here, even when the weather outside feels nothing like December. This Texas shop stocks the kind of tiny buildings...
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Secondhand Shopping At This Missouri Resale Store Has Helped Fund More Than $4 Million In School Scholarships
Somebody's old blazer might be paying for a kid's tuition right now. That's the deal at one Missouri resale shop, and it has added up to more than $4 million in school scholarships.
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Rows Of Abandoned Officers’ Homes Still Stand Inside This New Jersey Coastal Fort
Eighteen yellow-brick mansions sit in a neat line facing the bay, and most of them are empty. Their big windows still look out at the water like they're waiting for someone to...
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This New Jersey Pizza Restaurant Was Decorated To Look Like The Owner’s Grandmother’s House
A vintage refrigerator full of glass soda bottles stands in the dining room of a pizza shop. Nearby, an old TV plays classic movies on a VCR, right next to cozy armchairs.
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9 Indiana Farms Where You Can Skip the Grocery Store and Buy Beef Straight From the Herd
One farm on this list sits right on the Indiana and Ohio state line. The same family has worked that land for over 180 years, which makes it older than the light bulb.
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This Indiana Vintage Paradise Has More Than 65 Dealers Under One Roof
A former 1968 gas station now holds more than 65 antique dealers, a fine art gallery, and a black cat named Nosey who acts like the boss. I'm already curious about a place where...
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A Couple Wanted A Hole-In-The-Wall Pizza Restaurant, So They Bought This Unassuming Missouri Spot
A couple loved pizza so much that they went out and bought an entire pizza place. They weren't chasing a flashy chain or a big tourist palace.
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The Famous Cinnamon Rolls at This Texas Bakery Have a Reputation That Travels Far Beyond Town
A cinnamon roll became such a favorite of Lyndon B. Johnson that the Texas bakery says he had batches sent to the White House. That's...
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This Oregon Historic Landmark Is A 160-Year-Old Time Capsule Filled With Remarkable Secrets
A tiny stone building in eastern Oregon holds more than 500 herbs left on the shelves by a beloved frontier herbal doctor. Then someone locked the door and nobody touched it for...
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You Can Reserve A Free Visit To This Missouri Nature Garden With Lotus Ponds And Woodland Trails
Giant lotus blooms rise above ponds you can visit for free. Yep, totally free, with a simple reservation and a donation box if you're feeling generous.
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This New Hampshire Seaside Hotel Is Hosting A $60 Thanksgiving Buffet With Turkey, Seafood And Holiday Favorites
Turkey, seafood, and a full Thanksgiving buffet just steps from the Atlantic Ocean? That sounds like a pretty appealing alternative to spending the entire holiday cooking at home.
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8 Italian Bakeries in Maryland That Feel Just Like Nonna’s Kitchen
Panettone becomes bread pudding at one Maryland Italian bakery, and another fills crisp cannoli shells with sweet ricotta cream. That's a pretty convincing reason to make room...
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