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This Is What It Looks Like When You Hike All 2,650 Miles of the Pacific Crest Trail
Welcome to the monumental endurance of thru-hiking
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Congress Designates the First Wilderness Area in Five Years
32,500 acres of lakeshore along Lake Michigan have been designated as wilderness by Congress
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Stonehenge Visitors Used To Be Handed Chisels to Take Home Souvenirs
Chisels were banned in the early 1900s, and in 1977, the stones were roped off so people couldn’t climb on them any longer
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Yosemite’s Bears Are Raiding Way Fewer Picnic Baskets These Days
Just 13 percent of the bears’ diet comes from human food
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This Aerial Footage of Reindeer Herds Is Weirdly Hypnotic
Go on, take a minute to watch these aerial shots of reindeer herding in action
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Eastern Europe’s Anthropomorphic Stelae Have Been Neglected for Years
Across the steppes of eastern Europe, anthropomorphic stone stelae have dotted the landscape for centuries
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The Best Restaurant in America Is in a Condominium Complex in Hawaii
The wildly popular restaurant review site, Yelp, has issued its first top 100 list of the best restaurants in the United States
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Spain’s Prehistoric Cave Paintings Open to the Public for the First Time in Twelve Years
Today, five people were selected at random to visit the cave at Altamira for the first time in 12 years
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That Dark Spot? It’s North Korea
In images taken on the International Space Station, the country of North Korea is barely visible at all
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See London in Double Vision—How It Looks Today And How Artists Saw It Years Ago
These pictures of modern London streets mashed up with old artwork are a sight to see
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Giant Mango Goes Missing in Australia
A giant, kitschy tourist attraction has disappeared from the Australian town of Bowen
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These Two Explorers Just Broke the Record for Longest Walk in the South Pole
Last time someone tried this, the entire team wound up dying from the cold
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Islamic Authorities Issue Fatwa on One-Way Trips to Mars
A group of imams in the UAE (the General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowment or GAIAE) have issued a fatwa prohibiting muslims from going to Mars
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Embassies Are Working on the Most Diplomatic Ways to Use Facebook
Even Chinese embassies use Facebook. What about the rest of the world?
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Write on the Walls at New Museum’s New Exhibit
At Pawel Althamer’s exhibit at the New Museum in New York City, visitors are invited to participate in the creative process
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This Winter’s Record Number of Plane Cancellations Can’t Entirely Be Blamed on Weather
This has been the worst winter for flight cancellations on record
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Walk Across Lake Superior’s Frozen Surface to These Insane Ice Formations
Sea caves at Apostle Islands National Lakeshore are usually only accessible by boat
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Chocolate Milk Was Invented in Jamaica
As with many things, the European who gets credit for inventing chocolate milk probably did not actually invent it
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This Minimalist Travel Guide Gives Detailed Directions for Recreating Kerouac’s On the Road
As mapped out by Google, the trip would take about 272 hours and 15 minutes
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