Do you want to explore the parts of Utah where mysterious terrains, salt deserts, expansive canyons, and ancient cultures are? Forget about the state’s more popular destinations and opt instead for the Bonneville Salt Flats, Needles Overlook, and Bears Ears National Monument. These enigmatic landscapes await in this U.S. state. Bonneville Salt Flats This getaway …
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A Brief History of Hollywood’s Runyon Canyon
Originally known as No Man’s Canyon, this gorge is situated over Franklin and Fuller Avenues, extending to the north up to Mulholland Drive. Local tribes, the Gabrielinos and the Tongvas, are thought to have utilized this canyon and the surrounding land as a campsite seasonally. The area was known to these nomadic tribes as Nopalera, …
The Big Hole – Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa
A vacation to the Northern Cape would not be complete without a deviation from the planned itinerary – especially if it doesn’t include The Big Hole. At one point in time, it was actually a hill with a flat top. Today, this hole is a whopping 705 feet deep. Its surface area is roughly 42 …
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Rock Climbing and Cave Exploration on Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Vancouver Island was blessed by nature with splendor, a gentle climate, and a multitude of terrains and geological beauty. Tourism helps drive the local economy, as people from everywhere come here to fish, camp, surf, and rock climb. The latter is quickly becoming the island’s brightest attractions. In fact, the sheer composition of Vancouver Island …
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A Starry Night in Northern Michigan
Emmet County is located in northwest Michigan on the coast of Lake Michigan, not far from the mighty Mackinac Bridge, and has a plethora of scenic parks to explore. Within Emmet County is a park that provides day and night recreation; the Headlands International Dark Sky Park, a 550 acre park, contains five miles of …
Five Reasons for Travelers to Walk
Five Reasons for Travelers to Walk. “In August 1992, when the dog days were drawing to an end, I set off to walk the county of Suffolk, in the hope of dispelling the emptiness that takes hold of me whenever I have completed a long stint of work,” the author W.G. Sebald once wrote. The …