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Long before highways, this white Kansas bluff guided travelers west: Here’s what to know
Shutterstock It’s called Point of Rocks Way out in the far southwest corner of Kansas, a flat-topped white bluff rises above the…
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Sleeping Bear Dunes has a farm town time forgot, and you can walk right in: And what happens next
Wikimedia Commons/NPS A Farm Town Frozen In Time Off M-22 near Glen Arbor, inside Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, you can walk…
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One small lake in South Dakota gives you boulders, pines, and the Rockies’ rival peak: Authorities confirm
Shutterstock Sylvan Lake’s granite walls and cold water Sylvan Lake sits high in South Dakota’s Black Hills inside Custer State Park, 6,145…
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Bend, Oregon opens onto 1.6 million acres of volcanoes, lava tubes, and twin crater lakes: Here’s what to know
Wikimedia Commons/Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives Deschutes is Central Oregon’s outdoor crown Deschutes National Forest sits just outside Bend, and it is…
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Wild Bill Hickok’s legend took shape at this quiet Nebraska Pony Express stop: Authorities confirm
Wikimedia Commons/Ammodramus A quiet park with a violent past Rock Creek Station sits on 350 quiet acres near Fairbury, and for most…
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You can still sleep on 90-year-old hickory beds at this Kentucky teepee motel: According to reports
Shutterstock It’s been standing since 1937 Cave City, Kentucky, has a motel where you check into a two-story concrete teepee and sleep…
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Fort Casey mixes disappearing cannons, a 1903 lighthouse, and orca: According to reports
Shutterstock Where cannons meet the coast Fort Casey sits on a high bluff on the west side of Whidbey Island, right where…
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This Rio Grande park turns south Texas into a runway for Mexican birds: And what happens next
Shutterstock It’s a birder’s paradise right on the border You’re standing in far south Texas, just outside Mission, and the air is…
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Sled dogs made it famous, the gold rush made it rich. Nome, Alaska keeps both alive: Officials say
Shutterstock Alaska’s wildest town sits on the edge Nome clings to the Seward Peninsula where western Alaska meets the Bering Sea. No…