Eliza Thornton

Georgia’s coastline was built on shrimp boats, fishing docks, and tight-knit communities that knew every tide by name.…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 22

What if your next great grocery haul was hiding on a quiet back road in Pennsylvania? An Amish…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 22

New Jersey has a seafood buffet that earns its reputation by packing far more into one visit than…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 21

Can a candy shop survive more than a century without running out of fudge or customers? Minnesota apparently…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 21

Black sand. Pacific waves loud enough to feel in your chest. Mountains that drop straight into the surf…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 21

California has great pizza, but a slice that stops you mid-bite and makes you reconsider everything you thought…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 20

Virginia keeps its strangest treasures hiding in plain sight. A ham cured since 1902. Over 6,000 cameras in…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 20

Brick sidewalks from the 1800s. A Gothic Revival lodge that Andrew Jackson walked through. A bookshop inside the…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 19

Photographers figured this corner of Utah out first, and the secret is just about out. At sunset, the…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 19

Virginia is full of charming small cities, but Staunton keeps getting quietly singled out for something more specific.…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 19

Maine mornings hit different when there is a donut waiting for you that nobody else makes quite like…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 19

Would you drive three hours through empty highway just for a steak? People in Wyoming do exactly that,…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 18

Clam chowder so good it rewires your expectations. Massachusetts has a seafood institution on the North Shore that…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 18

Cheap art supplies and big creativity? Ohio delivers in the most unexpected way. A nonprofit scrap warehouse in…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 18

Few people expect to find a fairy-tale canyon in northeastern Oklahoma, but this park earned a Narnia nickname…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 17

Southern Utah road trips deliver legendary scenery, but the best stops are usually the ones nobody planned for.…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 16

Roadside stops along Route 66 come in all shapes, but this one in Arizona hits differently. The green…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 16

Catfish cooked right is practically an art form in the South, and Arkansas takes it seriously. There is…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 16

There is a sugar shack in southern New Hampshire where a man named Ben started tapping trees at…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 15

There is something about the smell of garlic, slow-cooked tomato, and fresh pasta that takes you somewhere else…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 15

The housing numbers in this Iowa prairie town stop people mid-scroll. First-timers assume there is a catch. There…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 14

Texas is hosting more World Cup matches than any other state this summer, and the neighborhoods surrounding all…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 14

What if the best place to retire in the entire country turned out to be a small Kentucky…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 14

Remember pulling into a drive-in on a hot summer night, the neon buzzing, the smell of something sweet…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 14

Hot roast beef smothered in homemade gravy on soft white bread. Real mashed potatoes made from scratch every…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 13

From Asylum To Attraction, The Remarkable Origin Story Few buildings carry as much story per square foot as…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 13

Three days of fermentation before the dough ever sees the oven. Ninety seconds of cooking at nearly 910…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 12

Hot, spiced blue crabs piled right on the paper-covered table in front of you. Mallets ready. Nobody talking…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 12

World Cup fever is sweeping the country, and New Jersey is turning it up to an entirely different…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 12

West Virginia mountain towns do not always announce themselves. This one lets the forest do the talking. A…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 11

South Carolina takes its seafood seriously, and Friday nights across the state are living proof of that. From…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 11

Connecticut does not need to shout about its Italian food. The restaurants do the talking on their own.…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 11

Chicago takes its pan pizza seriously, and this West Town spot has been earning global recognition since it…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 11

Ready to eat your way across Connecticut? The sandwiches here are not quiet about what they do. They…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 11

West Virginia has a lake that people call the Little Bahamas of the East, and the first time…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 10

Skeptics walk into this one and leave making plans to come back before the week is out. An…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 10

Road food on California’s rugged north coast does not get better than this. Picture a century-old general store…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 10

Game day in Georgia starts before you ever reach the gate. Atlanta feeds people well, and the blocks…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 9

Ribs smoked over pecan wood. Three-time Grand Champions at the biggest BBQ contest in the world. A roadside…

By Eliza Thornton · Jun 9