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30697
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San Francisco For Mind and Heart |
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Norman Sklarewitz |
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There''s little doubt that San Francisco ranks among the most popular American cities as a vacation destination. With justification, it''s famous for fine dining, luxury hotels ...
Issue Date: 5 / 2016
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27792
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California: Randsburg, Living Ghost Town |
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James Michael Dorsey |
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Randsburg sits just off highway 395, on a plateau of the Mojave desert at 3500 feet elevation. It was a pleasant two hour drive from Los Angeles on a spring day. But summer ...
Issue Date: 2 / 2011
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27635
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Christmas Eve in St. Augustine |
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J.D. Watson |
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It’s Christmas Eve in St. Augustine, with a soothing 76 degrees in the bay area. Balmy ocean breezes scour their way through the Intracoastal Waterway passages along the Eastern ...
Issue Date: 12 / 2010
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27138
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New Orleans Recovers Its Beat |
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Stuart Wasserman |
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During New Orleans'' Mardi Gras Parades, the paraders throw mementos to the people on the street -- the onlookers. Colorful beads are among the most common “throws” but some of ...
Issue Date: 2 / 2010
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26043
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Hawaii: The Road to Hana |
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Joel Berliner |
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Along the fabled Hana Highway, we descend into the mists of a tropical valley of lush rain forest, passion-fruit tress and bamboo as the narrow two-lane road winnows down to an ...
Issue Date: 2 / 2008
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25929
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Shrine of America's Pastime |
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Judith Bell Turner-Yamamoto |
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The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York
For baseball fans for whom 165 regular games and the World Series are not enough -- and my husband and ...
Issue Date: 12 / 2007
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25871
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Arizona: The Outdoor Classroom--Grande! |
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Adelheid Fischer |
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It is late afternoon in mid-August. Another sweltering summer day is drawing to a close on the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. Brad Wallis has a pack slung across his back and a ...
Issue Date: 11 / 2007
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25856
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Hawaii: Rediscovering Oahu |
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Joel Berliner |
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There was a time when traveling to Hawaii meant visiting Oahu for Honolulu and Waikiki Beach. Today, it is just as likely that visitors fly direct from the mainland to Maui, ...
Issue Date: 10 / 2007
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25474
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Colorado: Charming, Challenging Telluride |
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Joel Berliner |
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Telluride is the epitome of the true Rocky Mountain lifestyle. Far less glitzy than Aspen, less touristy than Vail, it is far more than a stranger could expect.
Telluride ...
Issue Date: 3 / 2007
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25324
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Virginia: Assateague Island |
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Judith Bell Turner-Yamamoto |
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Grasses in graduated tones of green, gold and wheat sway like members of a gospel choir beneath the wide arc of a periwinkle sky. The crunch of oyster shells underfoot breaks the ...
Issue Date: 12 / 2006
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24992
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Michigan: Detroit, a Personal Journey |
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Petula Brown |
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Considering the images of Detroit in the popular press--blight, unrest, crime--I wasn’t surprised by how little I knew about the rich history and cultural contributions of ...
Issue Date: 5 / 2006
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24891
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Utah: Giving Life to Dinosaurs in the Salt Lake State |
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Craig Lancto |
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The Great Salt Lake is all that is left of the much greater Lake Bonneville, the ancient lake that covered some 20,000 square miles, and ran to a depth of 1,000 feet. The College ...
Issue Date: 3 / 2006
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24866
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New York: The Big Apple on a Budget |
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Petula Brown |
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The Statue of Liberty. Times Square. Wall Street. Such world-renowned landmarks are must-see venues for visitors to New York City. But visitors knowledgeable of the City''s ...
Issue Date: 2 / 2006
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24826
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California: Santa Barbara's Perfect Delights - Climate, Wine, and Beach |
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Corinna Lothar |
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"Welcome to the American Riviera," said our host, Jean Paul de Craemer as he gestured at the setting for a very Californian al fresco lunch of white asparagus, snapper and white ...
Issue Date: 1 / 2006
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24627
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North Dakota: Exploring North Dakota |
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Fred J. Eckert |
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It''s not normally one of the first places that comes to mind when one conjures up an image of an interesting travel destination. North Dakota?
Why? Forget that funny ...
Issue Date: 9 / 2005
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24155
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Massachusets: Down or Up, the World Moves Slower on Martha's Vineyard |
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Brien Hefler |
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Martha''s Vineyard rises from the blue-green water of the Atlantic Ocean seven miles off the elbow of Cape Cod''s curled bicep. Sculpted by a transient glacier, the landmass is ...
Issue Date: 12 / 2004
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23931
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A Rocky Mountain High: A Summer Visit to Butte, Colorado |
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Stephen Gorman |
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I turned in my chair and stared out the windows of my home in the lush hills of Vermont. Raindrops streaked the windows, and fog tendrils curled like smoke in the balsams. I ...
Issue Date: 6 / 2004
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23875
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The End of the Oregon Trail: Oregon's Willamette Valley and Coast |
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Timothy Rake |
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No longer the last American frontier at the end of a long and
laborious journey, today Oregon''s coastal region boasts a
landscape of limitless beauty and surprising ...
Issue Date: 5 / 2004
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23092
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Alaska: Alaska for Beginners |
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Stephen Gorman |
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I stop paddling, and the kayak glides across the silky smooth surface of the fjord. Reaching down into the water with outstretched hands, I feel the cold black ocean rush between ...
Issue Date: 6 / 2003
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23019
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North Carolina: Where the Wright Brothers Soared |
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Text and photos by Eve Carr |
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As the expectant crowd settled into the cold metal folding chairs at the Wright Brothers National Memorial near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, a band played "Oh Come, All Ye ...
Issue Date: 4 / 2003
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