Travel
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Is Stonehenge overrated? Book offers options
Sep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) -- Is Stonehenge overrated? Too many people at Machu Picchu? And what about the crowds at the Grand Canyon? A new book, "Off the Tourist Trail: 1,000 Unexp...
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Revolutionary War battles reenacted at CantignySep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Remembering the war More than 500 re-enactors from the Northwest Territory Alliance bring the Revolutionary War to life in the Revolutionary War Re-ena...
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Art by 'Caps for Sale' author in Naples, Florida
Sep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - GLEN HEAD, N.Y. -- An exhibit of art by the late author of the beloved children's tale "Caps for Sale" is opening Oct. 1 in Naples, Fla., and will travel to Lincoln, Neb...
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Chairlift offers new perspective for leaf-peepers
Sep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - WEST DOVER, Vt. -- The birds up here have it made. From the 3,600-foot-tall summit at Mount Snow in Vermont, they can see all the beauty of a quaint New England communit...
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Walt Disney Family Museum opening in San Francisco Oct. 1Sep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Starting Oct. 1, you'll be able to get a taste of Disney in San Francisco. That's when The Walt Disney Family Museum opens, with 10 galleries focusing o...
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Famed foliage route turns 50 years old
Sep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - ALBANY, New Hampshire -- New Hampshire's famed foliage route, the Kancamagus Highway, is celebrating its 50th birthday, so it's about time everyone learned how to pronou...
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World Music Festival has attracted thousands since 1999Sep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago We've got the whole world (in our ears) The citywide, multivenue, one-week World Music Festival is a study in numbers: attracting more than 500,000 peo...
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Geneva's annual Festival of the Vine about to beginSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Festival of the Vine Sip the best of the vine at many wine tastings, stroll through a flower market, and view the arts and crafts show during Geneva's ...
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Millenium Park to host some of opera's famous starsSep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago 'Barber of Seville' makes the cut If ticket prices deny you visits with old chums like "Don Giovanni," "Carmen" and "Porgy and Bess," hit your mark at ...
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Slow pace, few kids on Fire Island in September
Sep 05, 2009 11:00 pm - FIRE ISLAND, N.Y. -- The sun began sinking over Great South Bay, down the darkening blue sky into a thin scrim of clouds. A few boats bobbed gently off Fire Island, and ...