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Same Picture, Different Dots
The day after the Fourth of July, while the rest of Wisconsin is nursing its holiday hangover, I wake at dawn and rack the panniers and slide onto the saddle of my bike-tank. It's a perfect morning...
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Vermont Journal III: Lake Champlain Chocolates
Everyone waxes about how cosmopolitan Burlington is, how esthetic, how full of things to do, how great that you can watch art house movies of the kind you might not easily locate in other northern...
View Article5 Ways to Ease Transcon Travel
Transcontinental flights can be trying for even the most seasoned traveler. From spending six hours in the same spot to adjusting to new time zones, preparing for a long-haul trip is important to make...
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The Only Guide You Need To The Best Flea Markets In America
You can find anything at a flea market -- weird, life-sized dummies, ancient weapons and, you know, more mainstream things like vintage furniture and antiques. Summer is the unofficial flea market...
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Are You Tough Enough to Trek?
(Photo Credit: Kelsey Rexroat; Nepal's Annapurna Route) On a 10-day trek along Nepal's spectacular Annapurna route, our group of mostly athletic young adults struggled through seven-hour hikes up and...
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The Giant Red Ball That's Touring The Globe In The Name Of Art
There's a giant red ball roaming the planet, and when we say giant, we mean quite large. At 15 feet and 250 pounds, the scarlet globe has been trekking to major cities all across the world, from Los...
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The Real-Life Set Locations Of Classic Summer Movies, All On One Fancy Map
There's nothing like a summer at -- or better yet, in -- the movies. Creative wizards at Pinterest have concocted the ultimate guide to real-life sets from our favorite summer films. From the...
View ArticleFrom Abandoned Place To Must-See Hot Spot, 3 Of America's Best Recycled...
To keep an old building, or bust it down and build something new in its place? Such is the question facing developers who want to increase property value while minimizing the cost to do it. But it...
View ArticleLive Parrots Smuggled Inside Elmo Doll: Feds
SAN LUIS, Ariz. (AP) — Federal agents inspecting a couple's belongings at an Arizona entry port on the U.S.-Mexico border found two live parrots hidden inside an Elmo doll. The Customs and Border...
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Super Typhoon Neoguri, Gaza Strikes And Close Encounters With Bulls: Week In...
Nothing quite compares to the power of a photograph to communicate the goings on in the world. Ranging from the serious to the silly, these photos offer peeks into what happened around the globe this...
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A to Z Guide to Boston for Tourists
Aquarium Outside the New England Aquarium, watch the sea lions play for free, and next door find a Simons IMAX Theatre for some of the best nature documentaries available Back Bay This upscale Boston...
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These Are The Most Breathtaking Church Ceilings In The World-- And We Almost...
Don't forget to look up. Sometimes you find the real treasures when looking at things from a different perspective. While plenty of churches have beautiful stained glass windows, fascinating gargoyles,...
View ArticleHow Climate Change is Destroying Our National Parks
America's national parks are being adversely affected by climate change, with temperatures becoming more extreme in recent years compared to the historical norms of the last century, a new study by the...
View ArticleWe're Lovin' It: The Coolest McDonald's Restaurants
While most McDonald's restaurant designs are as formulaic as the recipe for a Big Mac, the fast-food giant has more than a dozen cool spots around the world that add a side of ambiance to its meals....
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13 Times The Ocean Didn't Give A Damn About Your Needs
The ocean is a tempestuous beast. It’s 332.5 million cubic miles big, as deep as 15 Empire State buildings on top of each other, and we’ve explored less than 10 percent of it. And now, it turns out...
View ArticleJacob's Well Is The Coolest Place To Swim In Texas
Think diving off the deep end is scary? Try jumping into Jacob's Well, which looks like the perfect -- if not terrifying -- way to spend a summer day. Called "The Gem of Texas Hill Country," Jacob's...
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10 Beaches That Will Make You Want To Plan A Trip To The Great Lakes Immediately
Here's a problem we love to have: too many stunning beaches to choose from. That's the constant conundrum with the Great Lakes, where you could spend an entire summer adventuring, swimming and sunning...
View ArticleGermans Love To Nude Sunbathe, AND They're Having The Best Week Ever
Germans are having a WILD week. First, the German national football team played what will perhaps go down in history as one of the craziest World Cup games ever. Today, they take on Argentina, and...
View ArticleThe Mysterious Part of Kalaupapa National Historical Park You're Not Allowed...
Most of us have seen wacky images of how trees seemingly eat objects over time -- everything from street signs and park benches to long-abandoned bicycles. However, when we came across this unusual...
View ArticleRockefeller Plaza Fire Injures 6 Inside Observation Deck
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City fire officials say six people, including a child, suffered slight burns when a piece of camera equipment caught fire inside the observation deck of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. A...
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