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Entries for April 2008

Unheralded National Parks

Posted by Jon Beals on 4/24/2008 at 1:00 PM

By Sara Benson

When summer crowds turn Yosemite and Grand Canyon National Parks into parking lots, visitors to America's less heralded national parks can still find ample elbow room. Whether tramping through the primeval rain forests of the Pacific Northwest, watching bison gallop across the Great Plains or standing underneath the world's largest trees in California, visiting the more off-the-beaten-path national parks makes for road trips to remember.

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Bluegrass on the Crooked Road

Posted by Jon Beals on 4/17/2008 at 1:00 PM

By Amy C. Balfour

If you feel the floorboards sagging on a Friday night at the Floyd Country Store, there's no need to look for the exit. Bouncing floorboards are simply a sign that the band's on fire and the crowd is dancing its approval.

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Earth Art Installations

Posted by Jon Beals on 4/10/2008 at 1:00 PM

By David Lukas

In response to a wave of artificiality and commercialism in the American art scene during the late 1960s, a handful of revolutionary artists shifted their artistic vision out of the indoor gallery and superimposed it upon landscapes. The result was a movement of large-scale "Earth Art" installations that peaked during the 1970s.

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America's Small Town Festivals

Posted by Jon Beals on 4/3/2008 at 1:00 PM

By Catherine Bodry

It's easy to breeze right through a little town on the highway, but if you pass one with a festival going on you might want to hit the brakes. Small-town festivals offer low-key, budget merriment with fresh local flavor. Check out these tiny-town festivals and discover your own on country road trips.

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