San Francisco has lived through a Gold Rush boom and the 1906 fire. Through all of it, a few businesses kept their doors open. These are the San Francisco businesses still open after more than a century. 1. Boudin Bakery Boudin Bakery has baked sourdough in San Francisco since 1849, and local reporting has called…
Walk into a Nebraska church potluck, and the casserole table is where the opinions are. The dish may look the same from pan to pan, but cooks disagree on how it should be made. These are the casserole traditions that divide Nebraska church potlucks. 1. The Canned-Soup Camp A potluck casserole almost always starts with…
Some recipes don’t change, even when everything else in your kitchen does. Here are the family recipes Ohio households still make exactly like 1985. 1. Buckeye Candy The buckeye candy recipe started in a single Columbus kitchen, not a factory. Gail Tabor was dunking her mother’s peanut butter balls into melted chocolate in 1964 when…
Retirement is on the horizon for many Vermonters, and a 2026 poll asked what they think of growing old in the state. The answer from those nearing retirement age wasn’t a warm one. Here’s the tough answer many Vermonters nearing retirement gave their state in a 2026 poll. Note: This is general information, not tax…
By 1900, Alabama farmers were boiling down 2.6 million gallons of cane syrup a year. Many families couldn’t spare money for store-bought sugar. You’d have grown up on that syrup too, back when there wasn’t money for anything sweeter. These are the foods born from hard times that Alabamians still eat today. 1. Boiled Peanuts…
Iowa farmers harvested a record 2.77 billion bushels of corn in 2025, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Crop Production Annual Summary. Not all of it becomes feed or fuel. Every fall, Iowa farms carve a slice of that harvest into paths, dead ends, and turns, and families spend the weeks that follow finding…
The Preservation Society of Charleston is walking visitors past dozens of historic homes this month, during its annual Fall Tours. Many of those visitors don’t know why the porches they’re touring look the way they do. Every detail has a reason. These are South Carolina porch traditions rooted in Charleston and Gullah Geechee history. 1….
“We never did that when you were little” can start quite a conversation in a North Carolina family. Now that you’re a grandparent, you might understand both sides. You remember how your parents did things, but you’re also learning why their approach doesn’t always fit your grandchildren’s lives. These are the things grandparents in North…
Kansas grew more winter wheat than any other state in 2024, more than 307 million bushels, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service. That top spot isn’t a one-time thing. These are the things Kansans do every year once wheat harvest starts. 1. Custom Cutter Crews Wheat farmers spend the first…
A leashed dog can lunge hard at a shape moving through the trees. That shape doesn’t always run. Vermont’s moose breeding season is from mid-September through mid-October, right when bulls stop backing off from anything in their path. These are the fall hazards Vermont dog owners underestimate every October. 1. Bow Hunters in the Woods…
