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Wal-Mart Encourages Camping in Parking Lotsnew
With its 24/7 operations and expansive parking lots, Wal-Mart apparently realized it could make more friends (and more cents) by letting folks in self-contained campers spend the night (and perhaps spend some money while they're at it) than by chasing them off at the risk of alienating potential customers.
Mountain Xpress |
Cecil Bothwell |
08-19-2004 |
Travel
Notes from Underground: Touring Western Pennsylvania's Cavesnew
Cave tours often have a goofy sort of charm, a mixture of entertainment and education, with a superlative or two tossed in. Many show caves are family-owned, and each owner puts his own stamp on the attraction.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Al Hoff |
08-19-2004 |
Travel
Haudenosaunee Friendship Festival Celebrates Roots of Democracynew
The Aug. 7 festival in central New York State will celebrate the friendship of the six nations of the Iroquois Confederacy.
Syracuse New Times |
Walt Shepperd |
08-06-2004 |
Travel
Yea, Though He Walksnew
A Memphis man sets out to cross Death Valley on foot in order to test his latest invention.
The Memphis Flyer |
Bianca Phillips |
06-15-2004 |
Travel
Actors' Historic Summer House Resembles Stage Set
Ten Chimneys, the summer home of Alfred Lunt and Lynne Fontanne in Genesee Depot, Wisconsin, has just been declared a National Historic Landmark.
Trinidad, Colorado, Preserves History of Wild Westnew
First settled in 1842 by Mexican traders, Trinidad lies on the Santa Fe Trail, the historic trade route that connected Missouri to New Mexico.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Wayne Young |
06-07-2004 |
Travel