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I admit it: I love kitsch. I can’t help it. Give me a vacation with an animatronic Zoltar or Wild West character and I’m a happy camper. Give me a shop filled with tacky souvenirs and I’m in heaven. So it should be no surprise Sweetums and I loved our recent trip to Gatlinburg. We… Continue reading Why I loved Gatlinburg’s tacky side

Sweetums and I finally got to see a Pal's drive-through restaurant when we were on our way to the mountains recently. We stopped in Kingsport, Tenn., specifically to see the giant hot dog, fried and cola atop their building. We didn't get to eat there but it was as adorable as we thought it would… Continue reading Have a giant burger and Frenchie fries at Pal’s

A low-lying ridge in North Carolina is the site of a ghostly phenomenon known as the Brown Mountain Lights. After Sweetums and I detoured to see the home covered in coffee mugs (the Cup House of Collettsville; click here to see it), we realized to get to our next destination would take us past Brown… Continue reading Our visit to the site of the mysterious Brown Mountain Lights

What happens when Sweetums and I are visiting North Carolina and we find a listing of quirky locales that includes the Cup House of Collettsville? We go there, of course. Post haste. It was way off the beaten path but if you’re going to go out of your way for something, it may as well… Continue reading The Cup House of Collettsville