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Ahoy Massachusetts Families, This Pirate Restaurant Is Treasure Worth Finding

Massachusetts has plenty of restaurants trying to be fun. Arcades. Themed decor. Overpriced kid menus.

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The Best Breakfast In South Carolina Is Hiding In Plain Sight

You have driven past this place a hundred times. Everyone has. It sits on a busy road with a sign that does not try hard and...

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Taste Real Swiss Fondue And Rösti In New Glarus Wisconsin Without Leaving America

Wisconsin is known for cheese curds and brats. But in New Glarus, it is all about Switzerland. The town was founded by Swiss...

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You Haven’t Had Mexican Street Food Until You’ve Been To Taste Of Jalisco Festival In Cathedral City, California

I thought I knew Mexican street food. Tacos from a truck. Elote from a cart. The usual suspects.

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You Won’t Believe This Quiet Massachusetts Zoo Was Once Just A Polish Immigrant’s Farm

You drive up to this Massachusetts zoo and it looks like any other small zoo. Paths. Enclosures. Families with strollers.

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Skip The Grocery Store Here Are 5 Incredible Finds At A Hidden California Market

You know that feeling when you wander into a grocery store and everything looks the same as every other grocery store? Same brands.

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Buns Ready, The Maine Red Hot Dog Festival Is Coming Back To Dexter

Red hot dogs are a Maine thing. If you know, you know. Bright red casing, snappy bite, served on a New England style bun with...

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Buns Ready, The Maine Red Hot Dog Festival Is Coming Back To Dexter

Red hot dogs are a Maine thing. If you know, you know. Bright red casing, snappy bite, served on a New England style bun with...

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What To Know Before Attending Georgia’s Annual Vidalia Onion Festival

A whole festival dedicated to onions sounds ridiculous. I thought so too. But then I went and suddenly it made perfect sense....

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Milton Delaware Locals Guard This Tiny Charming Restaurant Like A Secret

I only found out about this place because my waitress at another restaurant mentioned it. Quietly. Like she was telling me something...

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One Spoonful At This Hidden Wisconsin Restaurant Will Ruin All Other Soup For You

You walk in and it just feels like someone's kitchen got expanded. Warm lights, simple wooden tables, and the kind of quiet hum where people are too busy eating to talk much.

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Ohio Turned An Old Rock Quarry Into A Swimming Hole With Water So Clear It Looks Fake

Your brain will lie to you. It will look at the water and insist you have accidentally booked a flight to the Caribbean. The...

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Salt Lake City Utah Locals Cannot Stop Talking About This Wood Fired Pizza

A pizza place in Salt Lake City followed me home, and I am not complaining one bit. The smell hit before I even reached the door, that deep, smoky warmth of a wood-fired oven doing...

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This North Carolina Drive In Turns Into A Thrift Store Every Saturday Morning

Some places live two totally different lives. On weekend nights, a classic drive?in movie theatre glows under the stars, the kind of spot that makes you believe time actually slowed...

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Tennessee Has 10,000 Caves And Some Of Them Are Vanishing Forever

Nearly 10,000 caves carve into limestone bedrock over millions of years. That number sounds impossible until you start exploring, and then it makes complete sense. I remember...

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The Only Lobster Roll That Matters In Maine Is Hiding Inside This Tiny Shack

A weathered shack on a rocky ledge needs no flashy signs or social media campaigns. Endless water stretches to the horizon as an ocean breeze hits your face stepping out of your...

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Capybara Café In Georgia Where You Can Meet The World’s Chillest Giant Rodents Up Close

Some places vanish from memory fast. Others stick like wet mud on a sunny day. One look at a capybara, Earth's chillest giant...

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Leland, Michigan Waterfront Shack Where Whitefish Sandwiches Steal The Show

There is a spot in northern Michigan that makes you forget about everything the moment you catch your first glimpse of the water. It sits right along the river, tucked into a historic...

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Fairytale New England Vibe In 6 Vermont’s Most Charming Small Villages

Vermont has a way of making you feel like you have wandered straight into a storybook, and that feeling arrives almost instantly. Covered bridges, white church steeples, and maple-lined...

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Maine’s Small Seafood Spot That’s Haddock-ing Up Big Local Praise

Some places do not try to impress you, they simply let the experience speak for itself, and this one does exactly that from the very first moment. A quiet stretch of North Main...

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