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Walking around Tacoma to see glass artist Dale Chihuly’s handiwork By Tom Adkinson		Enjoying Nashville’s sculptures from a socially appropriate distance By Tom Adkinson

	TACOMA, Washington – Of the numerous famous people born in Tacoma – crooner Bing Crosby, NBA star Isaiah Thomas, “Far Side” cartoonist Gary Larson and actress Dyan Cannon among them – only one greets people every day as they stream through this Puget Sound city on I-705. Full story		NASHVILLE, Tennessee – An array of more than 50 pieces of outdoor public art add special touches to a socially isolated walk or bicycle ride through Nashville. Full story


Pedal – or walk – through South Dakota’s Black Hills on the Mickelson Trail	A room with quite a view, Chattanooga-style	Alabama’s ‘Little Zoo That Could’ becomes ‘Little Zoo That Moved'	Bigger than Niagara Falls – at least by one measurement


Walking across the Mississippi River in Memphis	‘Eat ‘em to beat ‘em’ is watchword to cope with venomous, but tasty, lionfish	Dead trees draw wedding parties, beachcombers to Jekyll Island	Walking through rich people’s back yards in Rhode Island


Florida’s Space Coast: Tranquil or very, very loud	A place for quiet reading in noisy New York	Slam on the brakes for three weird attractions in the New Mexico desert	Even after Mardi Gras, good times roll in New Orleans

Dine like a local in Saint Lucia’s market food stalls	Ferrying past an underwater park in Edmonds, Washington	Reflecting on the world’s beauty on 50th anniversary of Earth Day	‘Nighttime would find me at Rosa’s Cantina

Poking around the Library of Congress, even when it’s closed	Soaking in the sun and sights on San Juan’s Condado Beach	At Prohibition’s centennial, celebrate bourbon on Northern Kentucky’s B-Line	Bring hippos into your home during coronavirus isolation

Sledding along at White Sands, America’s newest national park	On the Green Chile Cheeseburger Trail in New Mexico	Finding other Vulcans in Birmingham	10 years ago, much of Nashville was underwater

Bending an elbow in craft-brewed Portland	Put this Washington museum in your stamp collection

train rides Experience a train ride into river gorges, through historic tunnels, and along some of the most beautiful landscapes in America
Journey through the Carolina Mountains and some of the most beautiful landscapes in America. Ride into river gorges, across valleys, and through tunnels carved out of majestic mountains. If you have been waiting to ride a train behind a century-old steam locomotive, here is your chance. Ride along one of the original railroad lines in Chattanooga, crossing four bridges and passing through pre-Civil War Missionary Ridge Tunnel, which was completed in 1858 and on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Tennessee Riverboat Cruises: Romantic Cruises or Family Adventures
Tennessee offers a variety of leisure riverboat cruises on its waterways. Chattanooga, Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis all have riverboats or steamboats to take you on Tennessee rivers to view beautiful scenery and wildlife, enjoy live entertainment and a great meal, or learn about the history of the Civil War in our great state. Archaeological evidence along the cruise routes tells the stories of the various Native American cultures who inhabited this river valley for over 10,000 years. Cruise in the wake of the early pioneers who had to overcome rapids, shoals, whirlpools and the formidable Chickamaugas. See the famous Body Farm. Pause and reflect in remembrance of the many that perished on the Trail of Tears.
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