Off The Beaten Path: East Coast Elephant Fun
Once in a while, exploring out-of-the-way places puts us on the path of a much greater adventure – checking out Cincinnati’s painted pigs, Lexington’s painted horses, and Fort Wayne’s painted …
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Off the Beaten Path: Big South Fork
We’ve often spent time at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area on the border between Kentucky and Tennessee. The Green River, which runs through the park (see …
Off the Beaten Path: Green River, Utah
As you drive along Interstate-70 in Utah, it’s easy to put on a music playlist and blow through without looking left or right. If you do, you’ll lose out. For …
Off the Beaten Path: Ghost Towns of Texas
Big Bend in Texas is not one of our most visited national parks but it’s certainly not off the beaten path. Even though this area of the southwest is extraordinarily …
Off the Beaten Path: Capitol Reef National Park
Utah is legend for the sights you can see there—arches, hoodoos, swirling stone landscapes, cliffs and canyons. Visit in season and you’ll definitely be on the beaten path. But there …
Off the Beaten Path: Giant Leg Sundial
We were on our trip with our 20-something niece headed for Madison, WI, and after 325 hard, fast mils we needed a break. “Hey!” I said, “Here’s a 16-foot high …
Off the Beaten Path: Junkyard Art in Michigan
A trip took us to the Porcupine Mountains of Michigan’s upper peninsula. Our way home took us along M-28, on the southern shore of Lake Superior, where we passed a …
Off the Beaten Path: Leominster, Mass.
By Anna Burkett New England towns have plenty of vestigial British references. One of these is the suffix minster, as in Westminster, which designates a town with a monastic center or …
Off the Beaten Path Near Acadia National Park
Acadia, in Maine, is one of the top 10 national parks in the U.S., with more than 2.5 million visitors annually. Come summer, it’s wall to wall people from Ellsworth …
Off the Beaten Path: Hubbell Trading Post
When you’re driving around the country, you often see the brown signs that mark some sort of historic site. We often stop for these, even though they’re nothing we’ve ever …
Off the Beaten Path: Bats in Texas!
Roadtrekers traversing the U.S. will probably end up in Austin, Texas sooner or later. When you do, be sure not to miss out on one of the country’s greatest …
Off the Beaten Path: Blair, Nebraska
If you’re familiar with historical Native American figures beyond Crazy Horse and Osceola, you’ve likely heard of Black Elk. He was born to the Oglala Sioux on Wyoming’s Powder River …
Off the Beaten Path: Tossing Cow Chips in Beaver, Oklahoma
Western Oklahoma fits the “roads less travelled” bill quite nicely, and we’d like to tell you about an event that requires a bit of pre-planning. The town is Beaver, Oklahoma …
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Off the Beaten Path: Great River Road
We love river drives, especially on the big rivers of the Midwest. They’re dotted with cities and small towns, and their long tenure as transportation corridors means they’re full of …
Off the Beaten Path: Woolaroc, OK
Remember Phillips 66 gas stations? Well, Frank Phillips made his money in the oil business and he thought about building a big east coast mansion like his friends the Rockefellers …
Off the Beaten Path: Angel Oak
Charleston, South Carolina is full of bloody history, low country folklore, and pirate tales, so us finding such a thing there was maybe not a surprise. John’s Island, a bit south …
Off the Beaten Path: The Synchronous Fireflies of June
One of nature’s most unusual spectacles – synchronous fireflies — takes place in June, and it’s a good idea to plan ahead if you want to see it. There are …
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