Greetings From America's Secret Capitals

Come visit seven places that do something better than anyone else does. They tend not to brag much, so we'll do it for them

It's happened to all of you. You're in the car, headed who knows where, and you come to this town that isn't happy being just another place, because what does that mean today? It means you've got a Dunkin' Donuts and a Taco Bell, like every other place in America. Big deal.

A town needs an identity, or it doesn't exist. Something nobody else can claim.

Welcome to the Carpet Capital of the World!

Yeah, so it's just rugs. But now they're on the map.

And don't say you haven't stumbled upon one of those places in the minivan, children...

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