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Books and travel go together. Here are some great bookstores.

Most people who travel have had annoyingly long layovers.  Some have also enjoyed annoyingly long flights.  And there is only so long you can spend in a Starbucks before you wish you could turn around and go back home. And some airplanes don't have chargers... So . . . books! Books can transport you across the world, so…

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Top 10 European destinations that are off the beaten path

If you're a Europhile, you've likely traveled to a plethora of places.  And, on your way, you've probably discovered even more off-the-beaten path gems.  It's probably also possible that you've only just scratched the surface of new places that will amaze and excite you. This article unveils European destinations that you probably haven’t been to,…

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Canada

Canada is the largest country in North America by land area, second in the world overall (behind only Russia). Renowned worldwide for its vast, untouched landscape, its blend of cultures and multifaceted history, Canada is one of the world's wealthiest countries and a major tourist destination. [] Cities Click on the city’s name for hotels and activity…

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Washington

  Often referred to by its full title, Washington State, to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., Washington [6] offers rugged coastline, deserts, forests, mountains, volcanoes, and hundreds of coastal islands to explore. The Cascade Mountains bisect the state, with the damp forested coastal areas to the west, and pineforests, deserts and irrigated farmland of the…

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St. Maarten

This article is about the island of Saint Martin in the Caribbean.  Saint Martin is an island split between the French collectivity of Saint-Martin and the Dutch territory of Sint Maarten (formerly part of the Netherlands Antilles, but now a constituent state of the Kingdom of the Netherlands). It is one of the smallest land…

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Video: People apparently don’t want to live in these places. Why not?

Sometimes ideas don't always go as planned. This video will certainly underscore that thought. We may not necessarily understand the logic that went behind some of these ideas, but it's safe to say that the intended result was perhaps not what it was meant to be.  The upside of this is that an intrepid individual…

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Argentina

Argentina, (Spanish: República Argentina) is a large, elongated country in the southern part of South America, neighbouring countries being Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay to the north, Uruguay to the north east and Chile to the west. In the east Argentina has a long South Atlantic Ocean coastline. Understand Argentina (officially the Argentine Republic) is the eighth-largest…

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Texas

  Texas known as the "Lone Star State" is the second largest and second most populous state in the South in United States of America. Owing to its remarkable size, distinctive culture and politics, and colorful history, many Texans maintain a fiercely independent attitude, with Texan identity often superseding American identity. Few other American states…

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