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11 Places Better Experienced on Horseback

Once used for pack animals and transportation, horses have played an important role around the world throughout history. Now a popular leisure pastime, equestrian excursions are a way to venture off the beaten path and get a unique look into a destination or culture. Whether you were born in the ...

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Deserts in Bloom: 6 Spots for Springtime Wildflower Watching

The spring equinox brings increasingly long and languorous days brimming with sunshine and rain showers. America’s deserts epitomize this season of renewal as monochrome palettes give way to a kaleidoscope of plant life. Death Valley’s 2016 “super bloom” has garnered the most attention, but wildf...

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Trade Snowbanks for Gypsum Dunes at White Sands National Monument

It may be hard to fathom, but way back in 1995, Boyz II Men’s “Water Runs Dry” was nominated for a cinematography award. An MTV enthusiast, I’d belt out my favorite song lyrics along with the boy-band while they crooned, surrounded by fields of flawless sugary white sand dunes. As the light angle...

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Meet Gators, Snakes and Reptiles in the World's Largest Alpine Valley

Colorado Gators Reptile Park (CGRP) knows it makes some folks squirm with its dangerous residents, stinky fish ponds and geothermal swamps. But what it lacks in splendor it more than makes up for in character, commitment and compassion.