Off the Beaten Path in New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven Connecticut is probably best known as he home of Yale University, and if you go there, you would certainly enjoy a walk around that iconic campus. But New Haven has some other things to offer that are not quite as obvious. Connecticut is...
Off the Beaten Path: Boondocking in U.S. National Forests
If you're someone who enjoys boondocking, you're sure to have discovered the treasures to be found in the US National Forests. Some of these tracts are huge, and most of them include at least some variety of campsites. The Wayne National Forest, in our home state of...
Off the Beaten Path to the Wisconsin Dells
It seems that every major urban area has a favored natural retreat that draws its residents when it comes to getting away for a while. For Angelinos it's the beach. Atlantans head for the family ‘camp' on a lake somewhere, and New Yorkers head upstate. If you...
Off the beaten path: The failed limestone attraction of Oolitic, IN
We're wondering if you remember Joe Palooka. If you don't, we'll remind you that he's an easygoing animated heavyweight prize fighter who starred in comic strips, radio shows, and movies from the 1920s to the 60s. We ask because you can see a famous statue of him in...
Off the Beaten Path in Franklin, IN
We were in Franklin, Indiana, and Rob Shilts was waiting for us, out of the rain, beneath a marquee that dazzled with a half-mile of neon and a thousand chasing lamps. SHREK, it proclaimed, today at 2 and 7:30 PM. Shilts has been involved in Franklin Heritage, the...
Off the Beaten Path: The Great Ohio Donut Trail
By Anna and Tom Burkett It was middle of the night dark when four of us piled into the car. I’m Anna, and I last traveled with my parents last summer to Fiddle Camp and the Schoodic Peninsula in Maine. My cousin Kelsey was with us, who was with them for a visit to...
Off the Beaten Path: Lousiana’s Bayou Country
If you’re headed to or from Houston, or New Orleans, or Pensacola along the Gulf Coast, it’s easy to get on I-10 and zip through the bayou country. If you do, you’ll be missing out on some entertaining and unexpected attractions. After crossing on the Galveston-Port...
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