It started with a disaster. When the tornado struck, devastating the town of Rochester, wiping out a third of the town, killing …
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They have a name for me. They call me a Grinch, a curmudgeon, a Scrooge, and a grouch. The number of words …
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Enroute to the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY, I stopped at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and learned that the world came …
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Caves are cool. Slipping out of a hot, muggy day into the cool environs of a cave is the pre-modern equivalent of …
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It was perfectly logical to believe. After all, the Rhine connected with the Danube via the Main and a short portage, tying …
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At the South Unit of Badlands National Park in South Dakota there’s a visitor center that doesn’t really want visitors. The South …
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“Chuff-chuff-chuff,” came the sound. I stopped dead in my tracks and listened.I had been hiking the trail high in the Bitterroot Mountains …
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Wandering the streets of Boise, I came across a homeless guy picking through the trash. I was just finishing my lunch, a …
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Let’s be honest. I like to eat and drink. And as I travel around the country looking for interesting places to dine …
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Okay, I kid you not. I’ve been to a place where balls roll uphill, broomsticks stand on end, people grow taller just …