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A Delicious Fruit
It’s one of the world’s most popular varieties of fruit and we have it because one farmer couldn’t get a nasty spout to go away….
Death Valley
Because Death Valley is such a difficult environment to support plant and animal life, most suppose that is how it earned its name. But the…
Crossing the Nation’s Hottest Valley
On the border of California and Nevada you will find a place that has daunted countless travelers for the past 150 years. Whether they attempted…
Vermont’s National Park
You’ve heard of Yellowstone and Yosemite, but try naming Vermont’s only National Park…..
The Father of Modern Conservation
Many farms today use terraces, waterways and conservation tillage to protect soil and water. However, few people today can tell you the man who’s revolutionary…
Big Tracks
The animal tracks are three foot in width–and they are real–not made by an imaginary bigfoot, but plain to see to everyone that wades into…
Manassas Sesquicentennial
As July 21st, 1861 dawned, residents of northern Virginia could not fathom what was about to take place. It’s been 150 years since they witnessed…
Kennecott Copper Mine
It’s the largest open pit mine in the world, with a hole so deep it swallowed entire towns. The mine is open to anyone who…
Shopping at Lehman’s
If you lived without electricity–either by choice or simply because of the location you lived–where would you go to find modern conveniences that didn’t need…
Niche Marketing at Its Best
If you’re going to do well in business you have to stay up with the times. But for Jay Lehman, doing the exact opposite in…
