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All Roads Lead to Texas: Big Wonder

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The 1975 Hollerin' Contest in Spivey's Corner, North Carolina.
music

The Rise and Fall of North Carolina's National Hollerin' Contest

Hollers are sort of like the yodels of the American South.
Emily Cataneo September 25, 2020
Feast your eyes.
architecture

See the Winning Cakes From Melbourne's Architectural Baking Contest

The city's iconic buildings inspired some monumental desserts.
Matthew Taub September 4, 2019
Considering a large specimen.
food

The Centuries-Old Society Dedicated to Growing the 'Forgotten Fruit'

To the tune of a ukelele orchestra, growers face off over gooseberries.
Anne Ewbank July 22, 2019
This Siamese fighting fish is the "most impressive" work National Fish Decoy Association founder Rod Osvold has ever seen.
art

These Are the Most Realistic Fish Ever Carved From Wood

The National Fish Decoy Association contest celebrates the best of the best.
Matthew Taub May 24, 2019
A group preparing a noonday meal in the 16th century.
medieval

In Medieval Baghdad, Rulers Held Elite Cook-Offs

The "Iron Chef of medieval times" could have serious consequences.
Anne Ewbank January 30, 2019
Gastro Obscura

Flora-Bama Mullet Toss

Every April, contestants fling a dead fish over the Florida-Alabama state line for charity.
Gastro Obscura

Pączki

These Polish pre-Lent doughnuts have taken on a life (and an eating contest) of their own in the United States.
Teamwork and speed.
libraries

The Competitive Book Sorters Who Spread Knowledge Around New York

Inside an annual contest of brains, brawn, and library logistics.
Matthew Taub November 14, 2018
Gastro Obscura

International Pizza Expo

Where the world's best pizzas face off.
Saint George, South Carolina

Rolling in the Grits

The South Carolina competition challenges you to trap as much grits on your body as possible.
Camels.
Madinat Zayed, United Arab Emirates

Million Street

Every December, this stretch of dusty desert road transforms into a catwalk for a camel beauty pageant.
The growing world has come far since circa 1901, when this giant pumpkin weighed a whopping 91 pounds.
food

The Massively Friendly World of Competitive Giant Pumpkin Growing

Big gourds, small egos.
Paula Mejia October 24, 2017