If America incontrovertibly leads the world in anything, it is in the creation of huge, colorful and intricately designed theme parks. And as this collection of ten of the best demonstrates that a great theme park now has to do a lot more than simply...
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Win money in Las Vegas? That's harder than squeezing blood from a poker chip. But gambling pros are doing it, otherwise there would be no such thing as gambling pros! The secret of their success hinges on knowing where to go. Gambling is a...
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Pizza, hot dogs and steak are just a few of this Midwestern city’s staples, with barbecue being the next on the docket. While it’s still making a name for itself in the barbecue world, Chicago has begun to up the ante when it com...
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Texas is famed for its rich tapestry of barbecue traditions, with several influences from the Southern states converging in an explosion of flavors and styles in Dallas. From robust servings of sweetly marinated meat – cooked so slowly that it’s falling off the bone – to hefty...
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In the notoriously trend-heavy, gluten-and-dairy intolerant, vegan-and-vegan-esque, weight-watching, juice-cleansing, post-dinner-coconut-oil-pulling Los Angeles, pastry aficionados and butter-lovin’ Francophiles gotta band together, and typically the areas which they together defend are the fragrant, woodpaneled cafés and pâtisseries scattered around corners of the city. More power to ...
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The dusty, canyon-shrouded roads of the South Dakota Highway 240 slice their way right through the heart of the Badlands National Park. For more than 30 miles the tarmac weaves its way in, out, over and under the rocky protrusions and alien monoliths that splinter up from...
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The dusty, canyon-shrouded roads of the South Dakota Highway 240 slice their way right through the heart of the Badlands National Park. For more than 30 miles the tarmac weaves its way in, out, over and under the rocky protrusions and alien monoliths that splinter up from...
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Scorching summer droughts, moist winter mists, dry valley walls, and the ever-present Pacific breezes that lift their way over the Baja California coastal hills into the Valle de Guadalupe have conspired in this northern enclave of Mexico to create a micro-climate not unlike the prolific...
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Scorching summer droughts, moist winter mists, dry valley walls, and the ever-present Pacific breezes that lift their way over the Baja California coastal hills into the Valle de Guadalupe have conspired in this northern enclave of Mexico to create a micro-climate not unlike the prolific...
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San Francisco is a superb city for those seeking high-end spa treatments, although the spas themselves are not always located where one might expect. Tucked away in various corners of the city, this range of venues – from the penthouse floor of luxury hotels to communal b...
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