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Continue reading →: Tennyson Street, the Star of North Denver’s Historic Berkeley NeighbourhoodDenver’s Berkeley neighbourhood sits immediately south of Berkeley Lake Park and Rocky Mountain Lake Park. It is roughly bordered by Sheridan Boulevard to the west, Federal Boulevard to the east, and spans southward to W 38th Street. Tennyson Street is the main strip, running from north to south through the…
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Continue reading →: RiNo, Denver’s River North Mural WonderlandOn a recent trip to Denver, we set out to visit the city’s most hip and rapidly developing neighbourhood, RiNo. This area includes the older communities of Globeville, Elyria-Swansea, Cole, and Five Points. Check out this gallery of old photos and to learn more about these communities. Over the past few…
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Continue reading →: Lushing Our Way Through Blue Ridge (Eat, Drink, and F Around)We have diligently been trying to eat and sip our way through the town of Blue Ridge, Georgia this past year or so. I’m almost embarrassed to say that even after this much progress, there are so many places we still have not reached. In our defense, we do a…
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Continue reading →: Exploring the Copper Basin: Ducktown, Copperhill, & McCaysvilleThe Copper Basin, also known as the Ducktown Basin, is a geological feature in the Blue Ridge and Appalachian Mountains. It is surrounded by the Cherokee National Forest and sits on the Tennessee-Georgia state border. Originally Cherokee territory until the Treaty of New Echota was signed in the late 1830s,…
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Continue reading →: Mainstrasse Village: Tracing German Heritage in Covington’s Old West SideMy southern Ohio birthplace is surrounded by historic German communities, schools, and other institutions. One of the coolest neighbourhoods I am personally familiar with is the Mainstrasse Village in Covington, Kentucky, just a few minutes south of Cincinnati and right across the Ohio-Kentucky state border. Covington is a rad city…
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Continue reading →: The Gates of Munich: A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Munich’s Historic Altstadt DistrictIf you find yourself in Munich/München for a day or two layover and want an efficient route to see some highlights, or are visiting for the first time and do not know where to start, I’ve got you. If you are into medieval history, gothic and classical architecture, war/dark tourism,…
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Continue reading →: Alma, Colorado: If This Ain’t Heaven, We Don’t Want itAlma is a small town of less than 300 residents in Park County, Colorado between Breckenridge and Fairplay. It was incorporated in December of 1873 and named after a local merchant’s daughter. Alma was originally formed as a camp settlement for miners and the workers of two smelting companies in…
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Continue reading →: Yellow Springs, OH: From the Shawnee Nation’s Healing Waters to a Socialist Utopia and Progressive VillageYellow Springs, Ohio is a part of the Dayton MSA and was known until the 1820s as Ludlow. It is named after the nearby spring in the Glen Helen Nature Preserve. The spring flows around 110 gallons per minute, and has such a high iron content that it continuously…
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Continue reading →: Boone, NC: Native Species & Tin Omens in the High CountryOne of the first things I noticed in downtown Boone, North Carolina was this mural painted by local artist Peter Grant Catoe. The mural depicts the Tank Man protest on Tiananmen Square back in 1989 when the repressed students and citizens of China rallied for economic reforms and personal freedoms,…
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Continue reading →: Grandfather Mountain, Highland Games, & the Land of OzGrandfather Mountain is among the most rough and rugged mountains in Eastern USA and at 5,946 feet (1,812 m), it has the highest peak on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Ridge Mountains. My song for this entry is a heavy cover of Edvard Grieg’s classic “Hall of the Mountain…
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Continue reading →: The Legend of Blowing Rock, NC: Nature & Native MagicBlowing Rock is a small town in northwestern North Carolina near the Tennessee border known as the “Crown of Blue Ridge” with around 1300 residents in its three square miles. The land that became the town of Blowing Rock first belonged to Cherokee and Catawba tribes, and when white settlers…
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Continue reading →: Cherohala Skyway: From Tellico Plains, TN to Robbinsville, NCCherohala Skyway is just one of thirteen famous byways in Tennessee, including Natchez Trace Parkway, Newfound Gap Road, Great River Road, Cumberland Scenic Byway, East Tennessee Crossing, Woodlands Trace, Norris Freeway, Sequatchie Valley Scenic Byway, Great Smoky Mountains Byway, Tennessee River Trail Scenic Byway, Walton Road Scenic Byway, and Ocoee…
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