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Triathlete & travel nut. My main travel goal is to visit 50 plus countries/territories (38). I am enjoying keeping busy with domestic road trips to interesting oddities in the meantime. Especially interested in abandoned places and prisons.

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Pennsylvania Pretzel Art

Gastro

Pennsylvania Pretzel Art

In Langhorne, Pennsylvania, two brothers decided to take their doughy creations to the next level.

Necco Wafers

Sweets

Necco Wafers

Produced since 1847, these classic New England candies almost disappeared in 2018.

Chocolate Letters

Sweets

Chocolate Letters

In this Dutch holiday tradition, Sinterklaas leaves good children sweet pieces of the alphabet inside their shoes.

Once grapes freeze on the vine, there's only a narrow window of time to press them.

Drinks

Ice Wine

Pressed from frozen grapes, this prized wine was a sweet accident.

Ham Salad

Prepared Foods

Ham Salad

This retro sandwich filling was once a convenient, comforting funeral food.

Lemon Stick

Sweets

Lemon Stick

This taste bud befuddler is a signature Baltimore sweet.

Dole Whip

Sweets

Dole Whip

This pineapple soft serve has a cult following at Disney theme parks.

An modern rendition of Shit on a Shingle from The Royal American in Charleston, South Carolina.

Prepared Foods

Shit on a Shingle

This is what happens when soldiers pick a new name for meat on bread.

Boylan's Birch Beer

Drinks

Birch Beer

This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.

Homemade, all-natural, foraged teaberry ice cream from Park Place Café & Restaurant

Sweets

Teaberry Ice Cream

This Pennsylvania specialty sometimes looks like Pepto-Bismol and smells like Bengay.

Shoofly pie a la mode in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Sweets

Shoofly Pie

Mornings in Amish country once called for pie-cake and coffee.

Cornish Pasty

Prepared Foods

Cornish Pasty

In the 19th century, tin miners ate these handheld pies and left their crusts to appease mischievous, mine-dwelling spirits.

The small storefront of A Ginjinha.

Drinks

Ginjinha

In Lisbon, tiny, standing-room-only bars specialize in this sour cherry liqueur.

Dutch-style soused herring, served in Canada

Prepared Foods

Dutch Soused Herring

No one eats pickled herring like the Dutch.

Biscuits With Mice

Sweets

Biscuits With Mice

After the birth of a child, Dutch families celebrate with a sweet and colorful treat.

Behold, the most popular bread topping in the Netherlands.

Sweets

Hagelslag

The bread and butter of Dutch cuisine includes these jumbo sprinkles.

Pepernoten

Sweets

Pepernoten

Every December, Sinterklaas and his helper throw these little spiced cookies to Dutch children.

Oliebollen

Sweets

Oliebollen

These Dutch doughnuts are classic New Year's treats.

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