1. It’s Illegal to Tap Your Foot to Music in a Tavern Yes, really. A long-standing law bans patrons from keeping time to music in restaurants and bars—so don’t even think about bobbing your head to ...

Northeastern California does not get the attention it deserves. Out in Lassen County, a 25.4-mile trail follows the Susan River through a canyon lined with rock outcrops, pine forests, and mountain ...

New York: where the pizza’s legendary, the people are bold, and the laws… well, some of them seem like they were drafted during a 3 a.m. subway ride. From no- masking rules in bowling alleys to ...

Kentucky has a waterfall that makes rainbows at night. Not a trick, not a light show, just water and moonlight doing something that happens in only one other place on earth. Cumberland Falls drops 68 ...

Pennsylvania runs from the skyscrapers of Philadelphia to the quiet farms of Lancaster County, with mountains, gorges, and small towns filling in everything between. The state has 124 parks spread ...

New Mexico: land of enchantment, alien sightings, green chile worship, and— believe it or not—laws that are just as offbeat as a Roswell souvenir shop. From camel restrictions to courtroom footwear ...

Fort Hancock held nuclear missiles just miles from Manhattan, and most New Yorkers never knew. From 1954 to 1974, this Sandy Hook base housed Nike Site NY-56, part of a secret ring of missile sites ...

Oklahoma: where the wind comes sweeping down the plain—and so do some absolutely bizarre laws. Known for its cowboy culture, tornado drills, and more roadside pecan stands than you can count, the ...

Ohio slang is part tailgate chant, part coaster itinerary, and part chili order that confuses everyone not born within shouting distance of the ’Nati. If these make instant sense, you didn’t just ...

Tennessee: where the barbecue is smoky, the music never stops, and the laws? Let’s just say some of them could use a remix. While the Volunteer State gave us Elvis, Dollywood, and the Grand Ole Opry, ...

The first White Castle opened in Wichita, Kansas in 1921, selling five-cent hamburgers that changed American fast food forever. Walter Anderson’s tiny brick building started the slider revolution, but ...

Every Saturday morning in Kahului, more than 200 vendors spread out across the parking lot of the University of Hawaii Maui College, and thousands of people show up to walk the rows. Locals. Visitors.