I've always had a soft spot for the towns nobody writes songs about. Every state has its postcard destinations, the places that show up on bucket lists and Pinterest boards.…
I have a confession: some of my favorite meals on the road have come from restaurants that barely acknowledged I'd walked in. There's a particular kind of comfort in a…
I’ve come to believe the best roadside attractions are never built by committees. Theme parks get designed by teams chasing market research, but the truly memorable ones — the kind…
I've never been the kind of traveler who needs a destination to announce itself with fireworks. Some of my favorite places are the ones that take a little convincing —…
Over time, I’ve learned one thing about barbecue: if a Texan tells you it’s better than what they grew up eating, you drop whatever you’re doing and go. Texans don’t…
Tell someone you're road-tripping through Oklahoma, and you'll probably get a polite nod and a "have fun with all that flat land." I get it. The state doesn't exactly have…
I once asked my grandfather how his favorite diner back home got its name, and he just shrugged and said, "Somebody probably lost a bet." I laughed it off at…
I once drove three hours out of my way to see a roadside attraction that turned out to be a single fiberglass dinosaur standing in a gravel lot. I don't…
I’m adventurous by nature, but I reluctantly admit that I am afraid of heights. Nevertheless, I found myself suspended 40 feet in the air, stretching one leg to reach a…
I have a friend from Staten Island who treats pizza the way some people treat religion. She has opinions about cornmeal dusting. She has a working theory on the correct…
My grandmother used to send my grandfather to "the butcher" the same way other people send someone to the bank. It was a destination, not a quick errand or a…
As we stepped into the museum gift shop, a woman with a toddler on her hip pointed and said, “Look, so-and-so, it’s Superman!” The little girl clinging to her skirts…