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Christmas, Michigan Updated
Tiny community in Northern Michigan's Upper Peninsula just west of Munising, MI. Home of the world's tallest Santa.
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Corn Power: POET Updated
POET is a company that does biorefining which produces ethanol fuel from corn and also from cellulose waste materials. It is based in
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Cowboys and Tommy Guns Updated
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre led to a killing in St. Joseph, Michigan and the capture of the 2 Thompson Submachine Guns used in the slaughter on Chicago's north side. Lt. Mike Kline, Quartermaster for the Berrien County Sheriff's Dept. is the guardian of those two weapons.
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Death of an American Icon Updated
Photographer Arnold Berkman created a unique, if controversially named, collection of pictures of Route 66 between Illinois and California. See his full collection at http://www.arnoldberkmanphotography.com/.
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Denver Mint Robbery Tour Updated
The Fall 2011 issue of American Road Magazine is all about the lurid lives of America’s gangsters, their hangouts, histories and holdups. One of the most famous heists of the 1920’s was the Great Denver Mint Robbery for which no one was formally charged. Now you can try to solve the mystery yourself and have a great time getting to know Denver, Colorado with the Denver Mint Robbery Tour.
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Desert Dinos Updated
Claude Bell was a man who could dream bigger than most men can imagine. Two enormous concrete dinosaurs that command the Mohave desert town of Cabazon, California are silent witnesses to his hard work, persistence and vision. The desert dinos were featured in our spring 2011 American Road Magazine column The World’s Largest Things.
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Eco Trek Plant Power Updated
Tom Holm is a man on a mission to change the way Americans travel our favorite roadways without becoming enslaved to foreign oil based fuels. In early 2011, Tom completed a 10,000-mile Eco Trek from coast to coast and back powered solely by cellulosic ethanol. It’s a fuel derived from corn husks, stalks, and other plant byproducts and is currently produced by a company named POET (www.poet.com). You can follow Tom's entire Eco Trek journey through his blog at http://www.ecotrek.com/blog. Find out more about the Eco Trek Foundation at www.ecotrek.com.
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Erika Nelson, World's Largest Things Updated
Erika Nelson is the artist who created traveling art show called The World's Largest Collection of the World's Smallest Copies of the World's Largest Things. http://www.worldslargestthings.com/
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Extinction Theater Updated
The Extinction Theater is a multi-media presentation of a crucial change in the world's history from the age of the dinosaurs to the age of the mammals. The Exhibit is part of the talisman energy fossil Exhibition housed in the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa, Canada.
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Fallen Shoe Tree Updated
Around New Years 2011 tragedy struck the shoe tree on the loneliest stretch of highway in America highway, US 50 near Middlegate, Nevada.
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Florida Attractions Updated
Putting the spotlight on off the beaten path , scenic places, points of interest that maybe overlooked by most travel articles and publications.
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