Los Gatos: The Heart of the Bay Area
The idea of “small-town America” comes loaded with stereotype – one image that often comes to mind is that of the provincial, isolated hamlet overrun with fast food chains and big box...
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Finding Home in a Grain of Sand
A desert by definition is dry. The sun scorches the desert as one squeezes the liquid from a towel. It's not easy to call a place like that home, and it isn't easy to get used to either. But on...
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Rockin’ Ronkonkoma
For centuries, New York has been a hot spot of settlers and travelers alike. Off of the bottom of New York sprouts a little island call Long Island and on Long Island is a little town called Islip...
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Franklin, Massachusetts: A Town Of Serenity
Franklin, Massachusettsis a residential town, and is not very well known to the common traveler. Many people travel around the world to see extraordinary landscapes, or to enjoy once-in-a-lifetime...
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The Time I Ate A Guinea Pig
“Cuy, quiero cuy!” These were the desperate words that escaped my mouth as my family and I scrounged the Ecuadorian mountainside, searching high and low for the famous cuy;...
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Life in the Village
Settled in a tucked away corner of southern Louisiana is the community of Watson. Watson, now in the process of becoming incorporated, is technically a village. Now, when thinking of a village, kind...
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Small Town, Big Heart
Matthews, a humble town just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, is often overlooked as the perfect tourist getaway, where people of all ages enjoy a lifestyle of leisure and a unique quality of life....
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