McClure, Pennsylvania has served the same bean soup recipe out of cast-iron kettles for 133 years. It’s cooked over open fires, stirred by volunteers, and eaten by a crowd that’s shown up every September since a handful of Civil War veterans started the tradition. You’ll be hard-pressed to see a tour bus stopping there. These…
About four in ten Rockport residents stayed home in 2017 when Hurricane Harvey’s Category 4 winds were bearing down on the Texas coast. The acting mayor told those staying behind to write their names and Social Security numbers on their arms in marker. That’s how rescue crews would identify the bodies. Rockport wasn’t the last…
North Carolina has more than 250 named waterfalls in Transylvania County alone. The falls locals send visitors to don’t always match the postcard everybody already knows. These are the waterfalls the state’s oldest hiking club has already vetted as worth the trail, ranked by the hikers who’ve made the climb. 1. Rainbow Falls Rainbow Falls…
Alabama drivers taking the same road trip year after year fall into a familiar handful of habits each summer. Here’s how those habits cost them. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Alabama’s traffic laws and fines are subject to change, so confirm the current rules with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. 1. Skipping…
North Carolina brewers spent decades locked under a 6% alcohol cap, a Prohibition-era law that made entire beer styles illegal to sell in the state. A grassroots campaign called Pop the Cap got that law rewritten in 2005. Now breweries can be more creative than ever. These are the North Carolina craft breweries worth planning…
Grand Strand rental agencies lock summer guests into Saturday-to-Saturday stays for the entire stretch from June through August, no exceptions. By September, the same oceanfront units are taking three-night weekend bookings with a Tuesday check-in. These are the things South Carolina’s beach towns do differently once the summer crowds leave. 1. Boardwalk Rides Slow to…
Florida runs 175 state parks, trails and historic sites. Many road trips down I-75 only ever touch three or four of them. These are the Florida state parks locals visit long before a tourist ever finds them. 1. Hillsborough River State Park Hillsborough River State Park protects a stretch of genuine Class II rapids, a…
A pickup rolls down a beach access ramp in Myrtle Beach, and a lifeguard waves it straight through. The rental car idling behind it doesn’t get the same wave. The truck’s driving under a town contract. The rental car’s about to get a ticket. These are the South Carolina beach driving rules tourists get wrong…
Many of the “best covered bridges in Pennsylvania” lists circle back to the same five or six names, year after year. That’s not because the rest disappeared. It’s because nobody bothered driving the gravel roads to find them, the bridges that Bedford, Somerset, and Perry County locals still detour for on a Sunday afternoon. These…
A minivan crosses onto Business Highway 17 near Murrells Inlet, windows down, GPS locked on a hotel in Myrtle Beach. Fifteen miles of seafood restaurants, mini-golf signs, and neon go by in a blur. Nobody in that minivan slows down for the folding table of boiled peanuts and tomatoes parked on the shoulder because nobody’s…
