Five giant wooden trolls guard the woods at this Maine garden, and their official job is protecting seeds. Most résumés can’t compete with that. They’ve…
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Places that stir the soul.
A giraffe can lean its long neck right over your wagon and take a snack from your hand. That happens on a 900-acre preserve in...
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A cheesecake built on an actual king cake crust exists, and it comes topped with mascarpone icing, colorful sugar, and...
By Laura Benton on Nov 1
Cherry salsa sits right next to chocolate-covered cherries at this northern Michigan shop. More than 200 cherry products are open...
By Trevor Maddox on Nov 1
An 18-foot fiberglass coal miner stands guard outside a small-town library. He’s called Big John, and he might be the...
By Tobias Fenn on Nov 1
Alexander Hamilton got married inside one of these houses. George Washington also dropped by as a guest. That home dates...
By Lenora Winslow on Nov 1
A single candy counter here stretches 111 feet and 11 inches. Guinness World Records says no continuous candy counter on...
By Lenora Winslow on Nov 1
Fossils from an ancient sea dot the rock formations around a clear prairie lake. Yes, sea fossils, in the middle...
By Jenna Whitfield on Nov 1
