Illinois
This Illinois Italian Restaurant Has Served Pressure-Fried Chicken and Scratch-Made Comfort Food Since 1964
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Illinois
This Illinois Bakery Has Made Cakes, Cookies, and Pastries From Scratch Since 1861
There is a bakery in Illinois that has been feeding families longer than most…
Illinois
This Illinois Scratch Bakery Opened in 1959 as New Homes Were Still Rising Around Elk Grove Village
There is a bakery in the northwest suburbs of Chicago that has been quietly…
Oklahoma
This Oklahoma Battlefield Preserves the State’s Largest Civil War Clash
Oklahoma might not be the first place you think of when Civil War history…
Oklahoma
This Oklahoma Auditorium Glitters With Swarovski Crystal and Persian Onyx
There is a concert hall in central Oklahoma that stops first-time visitors…
Oklahoma
This Oklahoma Attraction Re-Creates Biblical Israel Across 66 Mountain Acres
Tucked inside the rugged granite hills of southwestern Oklahoma, there…
Illinois
This Illinois State Park Protects a 1,907-Acre Canyon Carved Through an Ancient Sea Bottom
There is a canyon hiding in northwest Illinois that most people drive right…
Illinois
This Illinois State Park Has Two Living Bison and Giant Earth Sculptures Above the Illinois River
There is a state park in northern Illinois where you can stand…
Oklahoma
This Hidden Oklahoma Steakhouse Serves Filet Mignon and “Mudbug” Shrimp
There is a steakhouse tucked away in a small Oklahoma town that has people…
Oklahoma
This Downtown Oklahoma Restaurant Is Known for Award-Winning Chicken-Fried Steak
There is a small downtown restaurant in southeastern Oklahoma that people drive out of their way to visit, and once you…
Oklahoma
This Oklahoma Cafe Draws Crowds for Guatemalan Breakfasts and Sweet Plantains
There is a breakfast spot in Oklahoma City that has people setting alarms…
Oregon
This Oregon Cave Tour Takes You Through Marble Halls Carved by Water
Deep in the Siskiyou Mountains of southern Oregon, there is a cave system…
Oregon
This Oregon Landscape Preserves 39-Million-Year-Old Climate History in Red, Gold, and Black Hills
There is a place in central Oregon where the ground looks like…
Oregon
This Remote Oregon Hotel Serves Dinner Near Steens Mountain
Out in southeastern Oregon, where the roads go quiet and the sky takes…
Oregon
This Oregon Restaurant Built a Loyal Following Around Giant Bowls of Vietnamese Noodle Soup
There is a spot in Portland where regulars line up before the doors even…
Oregon
This Oregon Diner Serves Kimchi Omelets Beside Classic American Breakfasts
There is a tiny restaurant on a busy Portland street that somehow manages…
Oregon
This Oregon Diner Began With Oil Changes and Breakfast in 1931
There is a diner in north Portland that has been feeding people since…
Oregon
This Oregon Diner Has Used the Same Cheeseburger Recipe Since 1947
There is a small diner tucked into Portland's Pearl District that has…
Illinois
This Illinois Historic Village Recreates the Community Where Abraham Lincoln Spent Six Formative Years
There is a place in central Illinois where time genuinely seems to stand…
Illinois
This Illinois National Historical Park Preserves One of America’s First Planned Industrial Communities
There is a neighborhood on Chicago's South Side where time seems to move a little differently, where red brick buildings…