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Dothan, Alabama and Colquitt, Georgia Tour 12-9-12
Only 48 miles apart, less than 50 minutes if you really step on it, are two towns linked by paint and peanuts. It could be called the “fumes and legumes” tour

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Naivete in Florala, Alabama
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Arizona Travel

Monument Valley
Photos by Ken Rudine

Yucca, Arizona
Route 66 Ghost Town
Photos courtesy Stephen Michaels

Arizona in Bloom: Flora Behind a Tucson Truckstop Photos by Stephen Michaels

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Florida Travel

Ghost Sign Appears in Downtown St. Petersburg by Rufus St. Clair
The Architectural Tattoo as Historic Relic

Tampa Art Awaits the National Spotlight by Rufus St. Clair
“Civilization’s Sexuality”

Iris's Grill by Rufus St. Claire

Clearwater and Dunedin, Florida War Memorials

Soldier and Sailor on the Clearwater Memorial Causeway

State Stones form a Modest Monument

Lake Wales, Florida's Dixie Walesbilt / Grand Hotel
The “Green Monster” of Lake Wales

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Georgia Travel

Colquitt, Georgia

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Illinois Travel

Mary's River Covered Bridge, Chester Photos by Ken Rudine

Bureau County Red Covered Bridge, Princeton Photos by Ken Rudine

Sugar Creek Covered Bridge, Springfield Photos by Ken Rudine

Giant City State Park, Makanda, IL

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Iowa Travel

Cutler-Donahoe Covered Bridge, Madison County
Photos courtesy Ken Rudine

The Courthouse of Madison County, Winterset, IA Photos by Ken Rudine, Wayne Davis and the Madison County Iowa Chamber of Commerce

Clark Tower, Winterset, Iowa
Photos courtesy of Ken Rudine, Wayne Davis and the Madison County Iowa Chamber of Commerce

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Kansas Travel

Ness City, Kansas

Kansas' - Ness City 1890 Bank Building

Englewood, Kansas

Kansas' Route 66 Bridge, Baxter Springs, Kansas

Kansas Schoolhouses

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Deep in the Heart of Somewhere

Odds, Kentucky and Van Lear County

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Louisiana Travel

Shreveport's Victorian Era Architecture Photos by Gerald Massey

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Maine Travel

Maine's Easy 18 Lighthouses by Ken Rudine

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Michigan Travel

Lighthouses of Lake Michigan's Shores by Ken Rudine

Ghost Lighthouses:

The Lightkeeper's Ghost - The Old Presque Isle Lighthouse from "A Ghost in my Suitcase" by Mitchel Whitington.

The Keeper of Seul Choix Point by Ken Rudine

Memphis to Lake Erie by Ken Rudine

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Minnesota Travel

"Astoria Station" of Dawson, Minnesota
Restored 1928 Sinclair Station Appreciated by Townspeople
Photos courtesy Shari Aabye

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Mississippi Travel

Mississippi Time Warp
Or How to Tell Itta Bena from Nitta Yuma
Photos by Johnny Stucco
Captions by Luke Warm

Victorian Moro-Byzantine Revival Architecture in Port Gibson, Mississippi by Johnny Stucco
The Fruit of Inspired Aimlessness

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Missouri Travel

Sandy Creek Covered Bridge, Goldman, MO Photos by Ken Rudine

MONUMENT VALLEY

Monument Valley Photos by Ken Rudine

Monument Valley Utah and Arizona Photos by Ken Rudine

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New Mexico Travel

Camino Real National Scenic Byway by Delbert Trew
The old road "Camino Real" or Royal Road may not be the oldest road in America but was completed in 1598... It begins at the San Juan Pueblo in northern New Mexico, goes 400 miles south to El Paso then on another 1,200 miles to Mexico City. The U.S. designated it a National Scenic Byway...

Moreno Valley great spot for a vacation by Delbert Trew
Moreno Valley, home of Eagle Nest town and lake.

Coca-Cola Trucks and Bottling Works of New Mexico 1936-1965
Vintage Photos from the Barclay Gibson Collection

Fly-Fishing in New Mexico by Byron Browne

Elizabethtown, New Mexico
Celebrating 100 Years as a Ghost Town
"It used to be her town."
Photos by Ken and Yvonne Rudine

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Oklahoma Travel

Did lost colony in the Okla. Panhandle exist? by Delbert Trew

Erick, Oklahoma The boyhood home of Roger Miller

Madill WPA Mural - Prairie Fire, 1941 by Ethel Magafan

Purcell WPA Mural - The Roundup, 1940 by Frederick Conway

Yukon WPA Mural - The Run, April 22, 1889, Taking the Lead, 1941 by Dahlov Ipcar

Willow, Oklahoma: The Real Texas Or Don't Mess with Oklahoma, Either!

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Oregon Travel

Astoria

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Texas

Texas Towns -
Over 2800 Towns

Texas Ghost Towns -
Over 700 Ghost Towns

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Utah Travel

Utah’s Scenic Byway 12 by Ken Rudine

Utah's Valley of the Gods by Ken Rudine

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Vermont Travel

Vermont, Maple Surple and Covered Bridges by Ken Rudine

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Wisconsin Travel

A Victorian Gothic Standpipe - Milwaukee's Old North Point Water Tower
Photos by Ken Rudine

Special Features

WHERE'S STEPHEN?
America Coast to Coast
Travelog of a a cross-country, big-rig trucker

Four Bridges / Three States
Chevelon Canyon Bridge Winslow Arizona, Querino Canyon Bridge on Old Route 66 Houck Arizona, Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay Redding California, and Yaquina Bay Bridge Newport Oregon.
Photos courtesy Barclay Gibson

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