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Kensington: The Girliest Palace in London!

By Kate MaharDiana’s dresses, blushing debutantes and mannequins posing in court dress set the stage for the distinctly feminine appeal of London’s Kensington Palace. From now through the end of January 2010, two very special exhibitions make this fairytale palace a must-see for female visitors to London in the year ahead. Kensington Palace most recently…

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Discover Your Frontier Spirit: Floating the Colorado River at Lees Ferry

By Julia Drake   High, dry, and lonesome, the valley stretches north into endlessness. East and west, sun-burnt sandstone cliffs and red-rock canyons rise into the crisp blue sky as the deserted two-lane highway meanders through a landscape of golden sagebrush, willows, and cottonwoods. Once called “a portion of Earth’s original paradise,” here at Lees Ferry,…

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Río Piedras Market: Something Different in San Juan

By Erik SchafferVisualize a Caribbean island. Warm sea breezes, an azure sky with cotton candy clouds lazing over the horizon, rustling palm trees, fragrant tropical air. Soothing tones from ceramic wind chimes drift from wooden balconies above blue cobbled streets. We’re in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Atmospheric without a doubt, but staying within the old…

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From A Box of Cucumbers to Rows of Star Apples, Jackfruits, and Kumquats: The Story Behind Florida's Finest Fruit Stand

By Jeanina BartlingIt worked in 1959 when Robert was six years old, and it still works today—a road-side sign that reads, “Robert Is Here.” Today’s sign is larger and more dignified than the first spray-painted red letters that drew crowds to a plywood table set up on a corner in Homestead, Florida. “My dad was…

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Switzerland’s “Valais Girls” Fight to Win

By Anita Breland Muscular cows sporting well-worn collars trot into a makeshift arena, where they snort and pummel the ground into roils of dust, bells clanging. When the head-butting begins, she who turns away loses. “Huit, evacuée!”—Number eight, you’re out! The Combats des Reines (fights of the queens), held in Switzerland’s Valais canton since the…

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