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In 1950s Des Moines, childhood was "unsupervised, unregulated and robustly physical"
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The tentative city the sportswriter grew up in has regained a bit of swagger
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Creator of savvy Native American sleuths, author Tony Hillerman cherished his Southwestern high desert home
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Uncomfortable in a world of privilege, a novelist headed for the hills
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Tourists flock to the World Trade Center site, but for New Yorkers, 9/11 is history
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The mythical West lives on - even as the wealthy, the leisured and the retired buy into Big Sky Country. An essay
It's time to revisit Rhode Island
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From Gettysburg to Monticello, a 175 mile thoroughfare leads through a rich concentration of national history
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A tradition-rich village lies at the doorstep of a vast Alaskan wilderness
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A rugged outcropping in the San Francisco Bay remains a refuge hidden in plain sight
The Guthrie Theater's new home, designed by architect Jean Nouvel, makes a dramatic entrance
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With a Native American superintendent, the South Dakota monument is becoming much more than a shrine to four presidents.
Nothing routine about these assignments
A small museum illuminates Las Vegas' past by restoring the city's classic neon signs
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A unique study documents the disappearance of Alaska's glaciers, blamed on global warming
Drivers gear up to set speed records at Utah's desolate Bonneville Salt Flats
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New palm-size computers show videos and maps to lead visitors around even to a good cup of joe
The French author's piquant observations on American gumption and political hypocrisy sound remarkably contemporary 200 years after his birth
Architect Santiago Calatrava created an urban landmark in the guise of an addition for the Milwaukee Art Museum
At Ojo Caliente, site of New Mexico's ancient hot springs, an artisan revives the craft of Native American pottery
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