Destination New York
New York (the Empire State) has the largest state population in the country. The state has a varied topography but is mostly rolling land and pleasant valleys; there are two …
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Railroad Travel and the State of Business 1918 – 1938
Railroad travel fluctuates in rough harmony with the general disturbances in the national economy we call business cycles. The relationship becomes evident if changes in passenger miles are compared with …
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Nice: Museums of the French Riviera
There’s more, however, to Nice and vicinity than sunning and swimming. Hope has contributed the following report on the culture of the Côte d’Azur: “Rainy days on the Riviera can …
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Copenhagen: Modern yet Ancient
Copenhagen is a city which is proud of still maintaining that old charm and medieval surroundings. It is place that really lets you know the true value of ancient culture, …
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London Calling: All About Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London’s West End in the City of Westminster, built in 1819 to connect Regent Street with Piccadilly. In this context, …
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Midnight Sun in Alaska – Meaning of Alaska Name
Alaska, our 49th state, lies in the far northwest corner of the North American continent and includes the Aleutian Islands. The Alaska mainland is due north of Honolulu. The Aleutians …
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Alaska: Midnight Sun tracking across Arctic Sky
Alaska is not a land of ice and snow. It is in the same latitudes as Norway, Sweden and Scotland. In the Arctic and in the area around Fairbanks, it …
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Egypt: The Nile Delta
North of Cairo the bordering limestone walls of the valley shrink and diverge from each other, and the river fans out into a number of distributaries. This is the delta …
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The Exotic Galapagos Islands
The Galapagos Islands were named after the giant Galapagos tortoises. The archipelago emerged six million years ago because of volcanic activity in the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. These enchanted …
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Early Morning Light on Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia
Over half of Queensland is in the Tropics – some of it still unsettled. Called the sunshine state, it certainly can be among the warmest places in Australia, umcomfortly so …
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