Stories
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A Trip Less Ordinary: Unique Adventures
Sep 26, 2003
America's Byways® have far more to offer than beautiful scenery. If you've got a taste for the unusual, try one of these unique adventures!
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Feel Chills and Thrills on the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route
Sep 30, 2010
in Get Outdoors! For Fall Fun and Goodyear’s Top 50 Scenic, Comfortable Drives Experience the beauty of autumn in Alton, Illinois, on the Meeting of the Great Rivers Scenic Route, But when the sun goes down, prepare to use your "sixth sense" in “one of the most haunted small towns in America”.
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Find Adventure on the Las Vegas Strip
Sep 10, 2009
in Goodyear’s Top 50 Scenic, Comfortable Drives Often referred to as "The Jewel of the Desert," Las Vegas has long been recognized as the entertainment vacation capital of the country. You’ll find your ideal adventure along the Las Vegas Strip.
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Get Spooked along Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike
Oct 25, 2010
in Get Outdoors! For Fall Fun and The American Civil War: Battles and Beyond If you hear strange and spooky sounds drifting through the seemingly endless corridors of the centuries-old Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum on the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, don't count on blaming it on your overactive imagination!
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Sandy Beaches Among Rugged Cliffs
Feb 8, 2005
While Big Sur's beaches hardly resemble the vast stretches of sun-baked sand that dot Southern California's easily accessible coastline, they do offer the visitor a wide variety of recreational possibilities.
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Take a Paranormal Journey Through Haunted Leesburg, Virginia
Oct 17, 2011
in The American Civil War: Battles and Beyond This fall, seek out the supernatural remnants of the Civil War on a stroll through Historic Downtown Leesburg on the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, which runs through Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. The town seems to be a favorite with the War's long dead, even 150 years later.
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Take a Trip to Devilish Death Valley
Sep 10, 2009
in Getaways: Byways on a Budget and Goodyear’s Top 50 Scenic, Comfortable Drives “Would you enjoy a trip to hell? You Might Enjoy a Trip to Death Valley, Now! It has all the advantages of hell without the inconveniences.”
Advertisement in Death Valley Chuckwalla magazine
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The Final Frontier
Mar 30, 2005
"We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people. For space science, like...all technology, has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force for good or ill depends on man, and...we help decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a new, terrifying theater of war." The History of the Kennedy Space Center shows how America explores the final frontier of space.
