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  5 Pickle Facts You Probably Didn’t Know 🥒 Apparently I’ve fallen pretty deep into the pickle world lately. 😂 After visiting The Pickle Fetish Company in downtown Lincolnton, North Carolina , I realized there is a LOT more to pickles than a jar sitting next to the sandwiches in your refrigerator. This place has more than 100 pickle flavors, pickle candy, dill pickle marshmallows, pickle fudge, plush pickles, pickle earrings and an entire museum filled with pickle history and memorabilia. I even came across what they call a haunted pickle , which was definitely not something I expected to see that day. So after seeing all of that, I started wondering just how much I actually knew about pickles. Turns out, not much. Here are five pickle facts I found pretty interesting. 1. People have been pickling food for thousands of years Pickles are definitely not a new obsession. Food historians trace pickling back to ancient Mesopotamia around 2400 B.C. People figured out that salt an...

A nearly 40 year Hickory institution holds everything from vintage Coca Cola and Playboy magazines to Pokémon, Barbies and the uncomfortable realization that your childhood is now collectible. HICKORY, N.C. — The first surprise at Hickory Antiques Mall is how little the building gives away from the outside. You walk through the front door expecting an antique store. Then you keep walking. And walking. There are Tiffany style lamps near the entrance, collectible Barbies, furniture, records, old advertising, clothing, glassware and enough miscellaneous pieces of American life to make any attempt at seeing everything fairly hopeless. By the end of our visit, closing time was approaching and we still had entire sections left unexplored. “This place is like never ending,” CoreniaBug said while walking through the mall. She wasn’t exaggerating much. That is part of what makes Hickory Antiques Mall interesting. This is not a carefully arranged museum where someone has already decided...

  Touring the Hickory Aviation Museum in Hickory NC | Historic Military Planes We recently visited the Hickory Aviation Museum in Hickory, North Carolina , and I really didn't know just how much there was going to be to see until we got there. Before we even walked inside, the place made an impression. The museum's new facility is huge, and on the day we visited we had blue skies with the mountains visible in the distance. The museum is located at the Dale Earnhardt Regional Innovation Complex and is connected with Catawba Valley Community College as an educational facility. The new Hickory Aviation Museum facility opened in May 2026, so when we visited in August it had only been open for a few months. And you don't even have to make it through the front door before seeing aircraft. The Planes Start Before You Even Get Inside One of the first things we came across was the massive Bell AH-1W SuperCobra . Standing underneath an aircraft like that is a completely different exp...

 Did you know that Bakers Mountain is the highest point in Catawba County, has rocks that may date back around 400 million years , and was reportedly used as a hiding place by Tories during the American Revolution? I didn't know most of that either when I headed out to hike it. I was mainly there to take on the Blue Trail, get a good workout, make my way to the top and hopefully end up with a beautiful view. Bakers Mountain Park is in Hickory, North Carolina, and Catawba County lists the mountain at 1,780 feet , the highest elevation point in the county. The park itself protects 189 acres of mature forest and has almost 4.5 miles of hiking trails that range from easier walks to some pretty good climbs. There is also a mountaintop observation area overlooking the Catawba Valley, which was exactly where I was trying to get. There are several trails to choose from, and I knew before I started that I wanted the Blue Trail . The Red Trail gives you another way around the mountain and ...

 I originally wanted to see the big waterfall at South Mountain State Park, but the trail was closed. So, I thought the Chestnut Knob Overlook would be a great, easy alternative. Oh my gosh, I was so wrong. What I thought was a quick two-mile walk turned into a steep five-mile trek up the mountain. Plus, wearing a cotton t-shirt in 95-degree heat with crazy humidity was not my best idea. My legs were basically jello by the end. But honestly, it was an amazing adventure. I have been on a weight loss journey for a while, so I definitely got my heart rate up and got my steps in. I even had to team up with a trusty branch I named Mr. Stick to clear out all the giant spidey webs early on the trail. We saw some cute little lizards and salamanders, which makes sense because North Carolina actually has the largest variety of salamanders of any US state. If you ever go, just know it is a serious workout. South Mountain is North Carolina's largest state park, and the elevation goes from 1,20...

  There are plenty of national food days on the calendar, but National Hot Dog Day feels like one of the few that almost everyone can understand. You do not need a fancy recipe, a reservation, or even a plate if you are careful enough. You just need a hot dog, a bun, your favorite toppings, and possibly enough napkins to survive whatever you decided to pile on top. Naturally, CoreniaBug could not let National Hot Dog Day pass without getting involved. We brought out the hot dog costume, set up our own little hot dog stand, and added a brand new dad joke to the menu. I am not giving away the joke here because that would ruin the whole video, but I can promise that it is exactly the kind of joke that may make you laugh, groan, or question why you clicked in the first place. That is usually a successful CoreniaBug joke. Watch the CoreniaBug National Hot Dog Day Video PLACE THE YOUTUBE SHORT HERE Our National Hot Dog Day video is quick, silly, and completely committed to the the...

  I grew up loving the era of television when getting covered in green slime somehow looked like the greatest prize imaginable. Shows like Double Dare, What Would You Do?, Wild & Crazy Kids, Nickelodeon GUTS, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and Figure It Out made game shows feel larger than life. The sets were bright, the props were oversized, the crowds were loud, and there was always a chance that somebody would end up wearing a pie or an entire bucket of slime. As a kid, I never looked at that green slime and thought, “That must be terrible to clean up.” I thought, “Where do I sign up?” That old-school Nickelodeon feeling was the inspiration behind my newest CoreniaBug challenge: a 15-round memory game where every three mistakes led to another sliming. How the Slime Memory Challenge Worked The rules sounded simple at first. I would hear a group of words and then repeat them back in the exact same order. I started with three hearts. Every time I made a mistake, I lost one heart...