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Hundreds of National Park Service sites will waive their fees in 2021

Though protected lands in the US are open to all, they’re not necessarily accessible to all – except for a handful of times per year, when the National Park Service (NPS) waives entrance fees at every site in the country. This month, the NPS announced six free-entrance days for 2021: January 18 (Martin Luther …

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Amazing Train Journey: The New Mexico Rail Runner

One of America’s great unsung commuter railways, the New Mexico Rail Runner is a regional train that runs down the Rio Grande Valley, connecting the state’s largest city, Albuquerque, with its cultural and political capital, Santa Fe. On the way it crosses wide, high desert, giving views of arid mountains …

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Amazing Train Journey: The California Zephyr

For soaking up the scenic grandeur of the North American continent, nothing compares with Amtrak’s California Zephyr train. This classic three-day journey travels nearly 2500 miles (4000km) across prairies, deserts, the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada on its way from Chicago to San Francisco. Scenery is magnificent throughout – …

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Amazing Train Journey: Metro-North Hudson Line

Depart from New York City’s iconic beaux arts Grand Central Terminal, stopping to admire the ornate astronomical ceiling painting in the vaulted Grand Concourse and to slurp up oysters and a martini at the famous Oyster Bar. Then roll through Manhattan and the Bronx and into the glorious green Hudson …

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The Best Places to Travel for Christmas

Tempted to skip town for the holidays? Here are a few places we recommend. Thanks to the incredibly stressful year it’s been, many will be looking to get out of town for the holidays and finally bid adieu to 2020. There is, of course, an obligation to celebrate Christmas in …

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