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800 Feet Above the Surf Along the Oregon Coast Highway By Tom Adkinson   See What Les Leverett’s Grand Ole Opry Camera Saw for 32 Years By Tom Adkinson     YACHATS, Ore. – On a clear day, the view from the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area in the Siuslaw National Forest stretches 35 miles north and south along the Pacific coast. Being 800 feet above the surf makes that long-range view possible. Full story >>     NASHVILLE, Tenn. – For 32 of Les Leverett’s 91 years, the quiet and unassuming photographer got to know and photograph the stars of the Grand Ole Opry, plus the hundreds of other entertainment luminaries who visited the famous radio show, even including soul singer James Brown. Full story >>

A Banjo, a Didgeridoo and Shakespeare, Too	Golf Where You Can Yell ‘Gooooooaaaall!!!’	Stalking Elusive Brook Trout in Shenandoah National Park	Placid paragliding over the Pacific in Peru

A Cultural Experience on Two Wheels in Indianapolis	Mount Rushmore Stands as Patriotic Symbol Every Day	Searching for Sunken History on the Great Lakes	Recuperating Sea Turtles Are Stars

Palo Duro Canyon: No Shame in Being No. 2	Getting a View from Above on New York’s High Line	Spying on Very Rare Sandhill Cranes in Mississippi	Night Falls on the Amazon

Thoughts of Chattanooga in Wellington, New Zealand	Lobster Pot Buoys Add Color to an Oceanside Stroll in Maine	Mighty Mac: 60 Years Old and Still Swaying	Shrimp Boats and Sunsets in Biloxi

Your Home Away from Home in Charleston	Definitely One of ‘The World’s Last Great Places’	Kentucky, Original ‘Land of Lincoln’	Hiking the Venus Flytrap Trail

Take Me Out Ball Game – Downtown	Nursing Sea Turtles Back to Health in North Carolina	Exploring Wilmington with Ben, the Rescue Horse	On the Wings of Eagles

Traveling to Japan Without a Passport	The Sound of Music on the Kansas Prairie	This Chinese ‘Soccer Ball’ is Quite Edible	A Place Where That Luscious Coffee Aroma Originates

Spring Break Sundown	Not the Normal Postcard Image of Hawaii	‘I Hear the Train A’Coming’ at Tweetsie Railroad	Bouncing Across the San Andreas Fault in a Shiny Red Jeep

Spicing Up the World for 150 Years	A Splashing Good Time at Niagara Falls	Lower Manhattan Sparkles for Circle Line Passengers	Where Mucking is a Competitive Sport

Trading Providence for Venice	Going Underground for a Late-Summer Cool-Down	Face to face with a North Carolina cougar	One Last Beachside End-of-Summer Conversation

Autumn Color in Southern Oregon’s Abacela Vineyard	Down and Dirty in a Las Vegas Sandbox for Adults	Unlocking Southwest Virginia’s Treasures at Heartwood	Not One Darn Fish, but the California Scenery Was Huge

Summer Arrives	A New Look at the American Revolution in Yorktown	Back in Time Where the Oregon Trail Ended	Pedaling Through the Nevada Desert Outside Las Vegas

Remembrances of Patsy Cline in Nashville	Ava Gardner: Small-town Girl Goes Hollywood	Trying To Make Sense of ‘The Great War’	Fishing in Virginia’s Autumn Sunshine

Easter Reminder Above Lake Atitlan in Guatemala	To Market, To Market in Sacramento	Along the Silk Road	A Place to Relax at Reelfoot Lake, Tennessee’s Only Natural Lake

Detroit’s Eastern Market: A Dash of Vitality	Enjoying a Post-Irma Sunset Cruise in Key West	Enjoying a Sunrise Hike on Amarillo’s Wildcat Bluff Trail	130 Grand Years on the Straits of Mackinac

Dogsledding Where the Dogs Speak French	On Top of Ol' Crystal	Winter in Quebec City Means Party Time	Mammoth Lakes takes ‘Four Seasons of Sports’ quite literally

Nothing Says Christmas Like 130 Tubas	The Mountain Is Out’ in Seattle	Christmas Shopping for Mountain Crafts in Virginia	Holiday Shopping in the Land of Lost Luggage

Out for a Morning Walk on the Grand Strand	Face to Face with a Lionfish at Orange Beach