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When you get the opportunity to get away, what’s your favorite destination? An isolated beach, such as Ocracoke, NC? Or where history lives – Gettysburg, maybe? Perhaps you’re energized by city attractions, such as New York’s Museum of Modern Art. Lots more ideas are just a click away.


Asheville

Posted by on Aug 27, 2015 in Featured, Travel | Comments Off on Asheville

Asheville is a little out there, sure. It surfs the waves of a rapidly changing culture, and marches to a different drummer,...

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Hanauma Beach, Hawaii

Posted by on Feb 16, 2015 in Featured, Travel | Comments Off on Hanauma Beach, Hawaii

Snorkeling. They come for the snorkeling. One look at the pictures on this page give an indication of how accessible the waters are even...

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Cape Cod

Posted by on Jul 29, 2014 in Featured, Travel | Comments Off on Cape Cod

What’s the first thing that crosses your mind when you think of Cape Cod? Maybe you dream of beaches, since the Cape has some 60 of...

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Carmel-by-the-Sea

Posted by on Apr 15, 2014 in Featured, Travel | 1 comment

Lots of folks outside California know little about Carmel-by-the-Sea, and no wonder. It’s not a big place to start with, with less...

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The Outer Banks, North Carolina

Posted by on Jul 5, 2013 in Featured, Travel | Comments Off on The Outer Banks, North Carolina

Just a ribbon of land off the coast of North Carolina, the Outer Banks are a national treasure. Sometimes so narrow that you can throw a...

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Pacific Coast Highway

Posted by on Apr 16, 2013 in Featured, Travel | Comments Off on Pacific Coast Highway

You probably recognize this as “the road in a thousand new car commercials.” The Pacific Coast Highway features beautiful...

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Niagara Falls

Posted by on Sep 18, 2012 in Featured, Travel | Comments Off on Niagara Falls

Now honeymooners often head for Hawaii, the Caribbean, or Mexico. But there was a time when Niagara Falls was the “Honeymoon Capital...

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Madison Square Garden

Posted by on Aug 23, 2012 in Featured, Travel | Comments Off on Madison Square Garden

To basketball fans, MSG has nothing to do with a food additive. And the Garden isn’t a place where flowers are grown. No, for hoops...

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Lake Tahoe

Posted by on Jun 21, 2012 in Featured, Travel | Comments Off on Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe is located between Nevada and California, and is ringed with small resort towns that cater to tourists. So you’d think the...

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Cape May, New Jersey

Posted by on Apr 20, 2012 in Travel | Comments Off on Cape May, New Jersey

Cape May is one of those venerable beach resort towns that welcomes back its friends every year, because it’s a destination that...

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