Author: Ms. R.

A long time ago, when dinosaurs roamed New York—long before smartphones, Ubers, and LinkNYC streetside screens were daily facts of life—a labyrinth of caverns below the surface of the city was filled with newsstands peddling physical newspapers filled with all the Jurassic news that was fit to print. Most of these newsstands have shuttered, and these days schoolkids don’t know one when they see one, according to MTA worker Marjorie Nassirou. “It’s prehistoric,” she said. Boomers, on the other……

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This temple in Hiroshima is accessible by public transportation thanks to one bus that passes every hour. It is at the end of a small residential road. At the end of a row of houses is a path that leads to a large hidden pagoda, hundreds of small Buddha statues, trees everywhere, and even a small waterfall. If you’re feeling stouthearted, this picturesque scene is the starting pont for a 30 minute hike through the middle of a bamboo forest…….

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The Sandiaoling Bike Tunnel is a journey through history, nature, and innovative design. You don’t need to be a cycling enthusiast or history buff to enjoy this immersive experience—it’s a perfect escape for anyone seeking a unique adventure close to Taipei. The Sandiaoling Tunnel was originally built in 1922 as part of the Yilan Railway Line, during the Japanese colonial era. At the time of its construction, the tunnel was the first in Taiwan to utilize electric rock drilling……

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League Park is the site of many events in baseball history. There was Babe Ruth’s 500th career home run, the final game of Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, Cleveland‘s first game as an American League team, Adie Joss’ 1908 perfect game, and the first “All-Star” game, just to name a few. League Park opened as a wooden structure in Cleveland’s Hough neighborhood in 1891. The location was chosen due to its proximity to a streetcar line owned by Cleveland……

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The peaks of the Wind River Range rise and fall like the rhythm of a heartbeat against the vast Wyoming sky. Below, elk and bison roam the sagebrush-covered foothills. This landscape has served as a sacred backdrop for native Plains tribes for centuries—or, some say, since the dawn of humanity. Thousands of years before the Oregon Trail, before shoot-outs and saloons, and before Butch Cassidy and his wild bunch scrambled to their hideout in the hills, a resilient, close-knit……

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Not far from Earl Young’s beloved stone “mushroom houses” is Terry’s of Charlevoix, often referred to simply as Terry’s Place. The line to dine begins forming at 4 p.m. It ultimately stretches down Antrim Street away from the Charlevoix Marina and East Park until 5 o’clock, when they begin letting customers in. As the regional and national press from the 1980s that still adorns the walls attests (why hello there Molly Abraham), this no-reservations destination is the place to……

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The Carrickfergus Gasworks first opened in 1855. It was used to burn coal to make electricity to help power the street lamps around the town and further afield. The Gasworks utilized small furnaces known as retorts to process the coal and produce gas, which was then purified and piped around the region. The Gasworks in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland was made up of three rooms filled to the brim with these retorts. It boasts Western Europe’s largest set of retorts……

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Rising out atop the trees as you drive through the sleepy Norfolk village of Little Ellingham, this utterly unique building is not what you expect to see as you appear out the end of a country road. Yet there it is, sitting on the grounds of the village’s grand Victorian hall. Built in 1855, this one-of-a-kind folly was built alongside the hall itself, and consists of a red-trimmed brick tower topped with a white wooden cupola and three clock faces……

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Michigan is home to some 129 lighthouses, more than any other state in the country, and the one at the tip of Old Mission Peninsula—located on the 45th parallel looking out across Grand Traverse Bay’s azure waters—is as idyllic as they get. Meander up route M-37, past the many riesling, pinot gris, and cab franc vineyards that make this one of the most celebrated AVAs in the Midwest, until the state highway essentially dead ends into the lake.  This……

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