Travel
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On the road: Bring the family for holidays in Lake GenevaNov 15, 2014 4:30 am - Chicago Board the beer bus Why not treat yourself and a friend to Chicago's Original Brewery Tour for a pre-holiday outing? Saturday afternoons, beer aficionados meet an...
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South will never forget Sherman's 'March to the Sea'Nov 15, 2014 12:01 am - MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. - At the heart of this well-preserved antebellum city, sunbeams stream through the arched windows of a grand public meeting room that mirrors the whol...
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Solvang, Calif.: Danish sweets and fine wineNov 14, 2014 5:00 am - SOLVANG, Calif. — As a Southern California native with a Danish dad and the tongue-twisting Danish name “Solvej,” I've always been asked, somewhat cheekily, “Hey! Do you...
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Smithsonian unveils $2 billion museum face-liftNov 14, 2014 4:58 am - WASHINGTON - The Smithsonian unveiled a plan Thursday to give museums and gardens along the south side of Washington's National Mall a $2 billion face-lift, creating mor...
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Every city with hipsters wants to be a BrooklynNov 14, 2014 4:45 am - NEW YORK - For more than a century, cities around the world have compared themselves to Paris. Many claim to be the Paris of the East: Bucharest, Prague, Istanbul, Beiru...
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Tower of London poppy display draws huge crowdsNov 11, 2014 4:45 am - LONDON - Parts of a display of almost a million ceramic poppies that have filled the Tower of London moat to mark the centenary of World War I will be preserved and go o...
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Honor Flight inspires Kildeer man to make movieNov 09, 2014 6:00 am - Newly retired and looking for a good cause, Dale Chellis of Kildeer read a newspaper column in March 2008 about Honor Flight Chicago. The fledgling charity was organizin...
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Wisconsin's Elkhart Lake transforms for the holidaysNov 09, 2014 5:00 am - ELKHART LAKE, Wis. — Snow is just starting to fall, puffy white flakes landing on two black Percheron horses pulling our wagon along quiet streets festooned with garland...
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On the road: Reserve a spot on the Holiday Lights busNov 08, 2014 4:30 am - Chicago Trolley follies Make your reservations now for Chicago Trolley and Double Decker Bus Company's “Holiday Lights Tour.” Festive holiday trolleys, named D...
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Petrified Forest buildings named national treasureNov 07, 2014 5:01 am - FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - The buildings at Petrified Forest National Park are held up as an example of modern architecture with their flat roofs, low silhouettes and large wind...