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      Dover, Delaware 

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      Published on 04-01-2011 04:05 PM

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      The state capital since 1777, Dover boasts a pleasant historic district based around a central square known as The Green (the Old State House is particularly well worth a visit). Other local attractions include the John Dickinson Plantatinon (Dickinson was a framer and signer of the U.S. Constitution) and the impressive Air Mobility Command Museum. ...
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      Salem Sue - New Salem, North Dakota 

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      Published on 03-31-2011 12:14 AM

      Salem Sue
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      Salem Sue is a 38 ft tall Holstein cow fabricated in fiberglass, and was erected on a hill overlooking New Salem, North Dakota in 1974 to "honor the dairymen of our area, ...
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      Hotel Paisano - Marfa, Texas 

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      Published on 03-29-2011 12:11 AM

      Hotel Paisano, Marfa, TX
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      Built in 1930, Hotel Paisano in Marfa, Texas retains the splendor of this era, having undergone major renovations in the ...
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      Private by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro 

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      Published on 03-28-2011 12:11 AM
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      Jack Morgan's visit to his father in prison was to be a welcome farewell to the dying man who'd given him nothing but unhappy memories of a disappointing relationship. Instead, Jack leaves the prison as the reluctant owner of his father's defunct private investigation business, Private. When he tries to turn down the failed business, his father tells him it comes with a 15 million dollar account in the Caymans that is his reward for putting up with all the years of parental disdain and neglect. ...
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      Old Faithful Geyser, Yellowstone - Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 

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      Published on 03-27-2011 04:08 PM

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      Old Faithful is neither the tallest nor the most predictable geyser in Yellowstone (these are, respectively, Steamboat and Riverside) but has become one of the most iconic natural features in the whole of North America. ...
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      The Brave by Nicholas Evans 

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      Published on 03-22-2011 12:13 AM
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      The English countryside surrounding Tommy Bedford's boyhood home has became his own personal wild west as he obsesses over his TV cowboy heroes, Flint McCullough from Wagon Train and Red McGraw from Slip Rock. Aside from his romps in the woods during which he pretends to be fighting Indians and cattle rustlers, his life is pretty bleak. The eight year old's elderly parents are at a loss to understand his nightly bedwetting and send him to a boarding school ...
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      Casey Jones Home and Railroad Museum 

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      Published on 03-19-2011 11:23 PM

      Casey Jones Home and Museum
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      Jackson is the county seat of Madison County. The town was an important railroad town during the Civil War. While in Jackson, you can visit the grave of John Luther Jones and the Casey Jones Home and Railroad Museum located in Casey Jones Village. The museum which pays tribute to the man who on a fateful night in 1900, saved the lives of all ...
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      Deke Slayton Memorial Space and Bike Museum 

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      Published on 03-17-2011 11:03 PM

      One of the museum's odd bike specimens
      Photo by Kimberly Goza
      4000 artifacts chronically the evolution of the bicycle along with space memorabilia from Deke Slayton's collection are found here. Plus there is a collection of ...
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      RIDE TO SUPPORT 'QUESTION OF POWER' EDUCATION PROJECT 

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      Published on 03-16-2011 12:14 AM

      Documentary photographer and educator, Carlan Tapp, to Travel Route 66 on Harley Sportster Nightster

      Santa Fe, New Mexico- March 2011: Documentary photographer and educator, Carlan Tapp, will ride a Harley Davidson XL 1200 Sportster Nightster from Chicago to Santa Monica, California, along historic Route 66, the Mother Road of America, to raise money for Question of Power, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the effects of coal-fired energy on the health of individuals, families, and communities. ...
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      Crater Of Diamonds State Park 

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      Published on 03-15-2011 12:02 AM

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      There's only one place in the United States where diamonds are harvested, and there's only one place in the whole world where the public is allowed to dig its own diamonds. Both are the same place: Crater of Diamonds State Park in Arkansas. On 37 acres located in a rustic recreational area, you can sift through the dirt or mud and whatever you find, you can keep. An average of 2 to 3 diamonds per day are found here, ...
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