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The Road Less Traveled: Bemus Point Edition

Bemus Point, New York is a little-known village, consisting of a mere 350 people.  Despite the lack of people, it is rich in memories; the kind that last a lifetime.  As the...

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The Jewel of the West Coast-San Francisco

Few places have as rich a history as my home. From being a Spanish Mission before devolving into a den of thieves and debauchery and then blossoming into a multicultural cosmopolitan crossroads of...

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The Ocean, the Town, and the People

          San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico is a place that I have visited and identified with for many years now. It is beautiful and intriguing in so many ways and I recommend...

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God’s Own Land: Kerala

An earthen smell greets me as I step out on to the muddy streets in God's Own Land - Kerala, India. A slight drizzle dampens my hair as I look up to the night sky dappled with iridescent celestial...

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The Home of History, Culture, and Food–Mobile, Alabama?!

Mobile, Alabama. Home of sweet tea, seafood, and Southern accents. But that describes at least half of the other southern cities in the United States. To me, Mobile is more than just a run-of-the-mill...

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Not Everything is What it Seems

My first instinct was that I wasn't going to like the Estrella Mountain community. There was not much too it. All I saw was, The Elliot Market drug store, a gas station, and houses. In mind that...

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Keep on the Sunny Side in Miami

Welcome to Miami: a tiny piece off the Atlantic side of Florida, yet one of the most populated and popular attractions craved worldwide. This fairly young city is most known for its swaying...

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Valley in the Hills

I live in a small town in southwest Pennsylvania; the population is around 2,000 and at first glance, there isn’t much to do. In fact, if you pass on the highway, we are practically...

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A Pleasant Place To Build A Town- Cornwall, NY

The crunch of kaleidoscope-colored leaves under your feet as you hike through the fall foliage of Black Rock forest on your quest to find the reservoir that supplies Cornwall, a petite New York town, with...

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