On November 6th, 1829 a man dressed in a white shirt and spinner pants stepped…
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In 1945 at the end of World War II a soldier named Bob Rodgers found…
As a general thing, interstate rest areas are nothing to get excited about. Most are…
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OhioThe Midwest
Tallest, Steepest, Fastest: The Roller Coaster Capital of the World at Cedar Point, OH
A roller coaster is a funny thing. It seems dangerous, but it’s actually quite safe.…
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On November 6th, 1829 a man dressed in a white shirt and spinner pants stepped…
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New YorkThe East
Sliding into First: Examining Baseball’s Pointless Plunge into Irrelevance at Cooperstown, NY
Sliding into first base is dumb. Diving head first into a thick, immovable bag at…
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First, let’s get the pronunciation out of the way. It’s the kank-ah-mah-gus. But most folks…
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The painters noticed it first, the beauty of the place. To the Native-Americans it was…
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Among the most highly regarded of American values is self-reliance. Take away an American’s paycheck,…
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MassachusettsThe East
Lexington and Concord: The Stirring True Story of the Events that Sparked the American Revolution
It was a war nobody wanted. Even rabblerousers like Sam Adams and John Hancock agreed…