The story of the Hole-in-the-Rock expedition is one of the most extraordinary tales of Mormon pioneer spirit and determination, a planned 6-week journey that turned into a grueling 6 month
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In May 1980, an earthquake triggered a huge explosion out of its northern side. Winds of 670 mph and temperatures exceeding 800 degrees F destroyed everything
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So many cattle made their way through Fort Worth on the Chisholm Trail in the late 19th century that the place became known as Cowtown. The stockyards that were
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Established as one of Nevada's first state parks in 1935, Cathedral Gorge State Park is home to a remarkable collection of spires, cliffs and slot canyons. Created over millions of years, first by volcanic activity, then by the formation of a huge lake and finally
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Erected outside McGinn's Pistachio Tree Ranch in 2008, the world's largest pistachio nut is a truly impressive piece of engineering. Standing 30 ft tall and so substantial that it required a concrete base 9 ft deep, this giant steel-and-concrete nut is now
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Perrine Memorial Bridge, a huge steel arch carries U.S. Higway 93, 486 feet above the Snake River canyon. When it was first built in 1927, the current bridge went
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The first section of this trip – a 40 mile drive along U.S. Highway 65 / Iowa Highway 330 – may not be the most inspiring you’ll ever drive but once this is under your belt you’re into lovely rural Iowa. The 70 mile section heading east from Montour, the Iowa River Valley Scenic Byway,
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At 20 feet tall and weighing in at around 5,000 lbs, Big Tom is The World's Largest Turkey and was built to highlight the fact that the town of Frazee is the turkey capital of the world.
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