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A world-first race with nature

A waterfront institution in downtown Seattle that's been keeping things curious since 1899.

The world's northernmost post office at the edge of science

An open invitation

This quintessentially American soft drink has its own annual festival in Hastings, Nebraska.

In the high desert of Nevada one finds sculpted marble monuments

East of Ely, Nevada US Route 50 coincides with US-6--but even the doubled route still gets little traffic.

Inside Thursday nights at Los Angeles’s artifact-filled Adventurers’ Club

The oldest preserved triumphal arch in northern Italy

The Battle of Chimney Rock

For decades, the Madonna Inn existed in my imagination before it existed in my memory.

And an excuse to go to places with names like ¨Bread & Puppet¨ and ¨Light Club Lamp Shop¨

A summer of bad directions, good omens, and places worth pulling over for.

The final dispatch from my 50-State Quest. Posted from Anchorage. State number fifty.

Exclusive pond for swim and nature walks

Travel therapy