Superior’s Edge
Here on the edge of Lake Superior, even the edges aren’t obvious. The dunes of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore sometimes sit atop high cliffs, like this one.
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Category: Travel
Pine Grove Reflections
Pine Grove Furnace State Park south of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is notable for being the mid-point of the Appalachian Trail. In the heart of winter, it gets icy.
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Marlow’s Sweethearts
Parakeets fly free in aviaries at Vogelspark Marlow, a unique “bird zoo” in northern Germany.
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Atop Ancient Akroteri
It is a tough climb to ancient Akroteri, Greece, through loose volcanic scree. But the view from the top, and the treasures to be found, make it worthwhile.
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Gateway to Gathland
At Gathland State Park in Maryland, this smaller stone arch is almost forgotten with the heavy significance of the War Correspondents Memorial arch just around the corner.
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View from Cheaha
Cheaha State Park affords views unparalleled for the region. This state park is truly vertical, showing off a spur of rock rising well above the valleys below. The Pinhoti Trail follows its top.
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Prospecting at Poland Mining Camps
At Poland Mining Camps, a destination for prospectors, collections of minerals extracted from famous Maine localities line the walls. Purple apatite, an inch thick and translucent as glass. Platy, iridescent clevelandite, encrusted with tiny sparkling crystals of muscovite. The human company is outstanding, too.
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Ghosts of Gettysburg
Gettysburg is an uneasy place. So much bloodshed. So much pain. And yet there is beauty on the battlefield, the forests and hills, the monuments placed skillfully so as to invite reflection.
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