Clara Whitmore

Two hundred and fifty cheeses from seventeen countries inside a shop that could fit inside a studio apartment.…

By Clara Whitmore · May 26

Alarms go off before sunrise. Drives stretch across county lines. By the time most people are pouring their…

By Clara Whitmore · May 25

The regulars here do not need to look at the menu. They already know what they want, they…

By Clara Whitmore · May 25

Michigan has a serious ice cream problem. There are too many good ones, they have been around too…

By Clara Whitmore · May 24

Oregon’s coastline is long, dramatic, and full of secrets. The kind you only find when you walk past…

By Clara Whitmore · May 24

Wyoming has a habit of hiding its most beautiful water right in plain sight. You cruise past a…

By Clara Whitmore · May 24

The river loops through the valley in seven distinct bends, and from the upper trails you can see…

By Clara Whitmore · May 24

Who puts a recreation of the Last Supper in the middle of the Nevada desert with no fence,…

By Clara Whitmore · May 24

What if the most jaw-dropping wildflower display in Idaho was hiding in plain sight, and almost nobody thought…

By Clara Whitmore · May 23

Most drive-in theaters died out decades ago. Georgia held onto one. And not just barely held on, but…

By Clara Whitmore · May 22

Nobody actually believes they will lose track of time in an antique mall. Then they walk into this…

By Clara Whitmore · May 22

What if the best cheese shop you have never visited is hiding along a quiet Pennsylvania road, just…

By Clara Whitmore · May 22

Pack a snack before you go and wear comfortable shoes because these are not quick stops. North Dakota…

By Clara Whitmore · May 21

What if your whole family could sit down to one meal and everyone walked away completely satisfied? At…

By Clara Whitmore · May 21

Green chile cheeseburgers are the kind of food that converts skeptics into devotees after exactly one bite. Smoky…

By Clara Whitmore · May 20

Most people picture Alaska as cruise ships and glaciers. But the real Alaska? It’s out there on the…

By Clara Whitmore · May 20

You think you know the desert Southwest and then New Mexico hands you a museum made of 50,000…

By Clara Whitmore · May 20

You did not drive all the way across North Dakota to eat a medium-sized meal. That is just…

By Clara Whitmore · May 19

Nobody warned you that an elk burger would ruin every regular burger you eat after this. That is…

By Clara Whitmore · May 19

Nobody drives to a tiny dot on the map for no reason. Texas has a diner so famous…

By Clara Whitmore · May 19

The granite tunnels alone would make this drive worth it. But then you add the spires shooting straight…

By Clara Whitmore · May 18

Retirement planning never mentions the part where you have to choose between the coast everyone talks about and…

By Clara Whitmore · May 18

Okay, you are not going to believe this burger! Right there on a quiet two-lane highway in New…

By Clara Whitmore · May 17

Nobody told you about the tallest waterfall in Upstate New York, and the fact that it towers nearly…

By Clara Whitmore · May 17

Syrup straight from the evaporator, steam rising into cold spring air, and a dirt road that leads somewhere…

By Clara Whitmore · May 17

When did you last visit a town with no traffic lights, no chain restaurants, and no reason to…

By Clara Whitmore · May 16

Oklahoma does not mess around when it comes to antiques. You think you are popping in for a…

By Clara Whitmore · May 16

You have seen pictures of tropical water so clear it looks fake. Michigan has a lake that makes…

By Clara Whitmore · May 15

There is a corner shop in Pennsylvania that cheesesteak obsessives have been pointing to for decades, and “quietly”…

By Clara Whitmore · May 15

Hot dogs sound simple until you taste the right one. Along the stretch of road that does not…

By Clara Whitmore · May 15

What if your entire weekend just vanished inside one ridiculously good antique town? Picture a five-block historic district…

By Clara Whitmore · May 14

What if the retirement you imagined is already out there, priced for the life you actually want to…

By Clara Whitmore · May 14

What happens when a bakery perfects a single recipe for over a hundred years? You get a line…

By Clara Whitmore · May 14

Are you ready to check this out? Giant pancakes. hot roast beef on homemade bread and oversized cinnamon…

By Clara Whitmore · May 13

Unlimited blue crabs, a crab dip bread bowl that steals the table, fresh oysters, dog-friendly outdoor seating, and…

By Clara Whitmore · May 13

You did not expect Nebraska to do this to you. An all-you-can-eat spot so good it is legitimately…

By Clara Whitmore · May 13

Forty acres of vendors, Amish handmade goods, fresh kettle corn, antique finds, and a weekly auction that runs…

By Clara Whitmore · May 12

Do you know the kind of bakery that makes you pull over before you have even finished reading…

By Clara Whitmore · May 12

What if every single shopping trip felt like unwrapping a mystery box? Because that is exactly the kind…

By Clara Whitmore · May 12