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From Jane Austen’s 200th anniversary to the founding of Denali National Park, there are plenty of events to fill your calendar
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Many temples and monuments were intentionally built to face, frame or otherwise "welcome" the rising winter solstice sun
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From Waimea Bay to "Mavericks," here are some superb sites to watch surfers catch the biggest breakers in the world this winter
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This Halloween, indulge in the the electric, nerve-zapping thrill of fear, and consider visiting real destinations of creepy history and ghostly legends
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Traveling and eating abroad, many diners discover that the world is a vegetarian's oyster
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A continuation of last week's list of the author's favorite reads
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Reading while traveling can serve as a sensory supplement to one's surrounding environment. Here are some of my favorite books and where to read them
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Smithsonian Best Small Towns 2012
From the Berkshires to the Cascades, we've crunched the numbers and pulled a list some of the most interesting spots around the country
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The vertiginous void of the Great Blue Hole offers divers the feeling of facing off with the edge of the world
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Fermentation has been replicated independently in nearly every region of earth, and many of the drinks various cultures brew are well worth a journey
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Long, steady climbs on a bicycle are the holy grail of athletic conquests. We hill climbers measure the worth of a landscape by its rise over run
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Which hikes are the best in the world, and which ones did we miss?
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The fact that people opt to walk today tells us there is something virtuous and irresistible in the plodding of one foot forward after the other
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The food truck revolution is in full force as mobile restaurants around the country dish out tacos, BBQ and other great eats
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Get your grizzlies, polar bears, big cats, wolves and crocs here
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