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Low Desert and Palm Springs Area, California Off the Beaten PathSouthern California’s low desert is an area of fascinating contrasts. Visitors here experience views of boulder-covered hills with ... 
Palm Springs, CA - Southern California Off the Beaten Path
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Big Sur, California Off the Beaten Path Highway 1 south of Carmel, also known as the Cabrillo Highway, ranks as one of the America’s great scenic roads—the greatest, say ...
Big Sur, CA - Northern California Off the Beaten Path
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Garden of the Gods around Harrisburg and Shawneetown, Illinois Off the Beaten Path In the southeast corner of the county, where it joins Gallatin and Hardin Counties, the Garden of the Gods is one of the state’s most ...
Harrisburg, IL - Illinois Off the Beaten Path
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Barrier Islands, South Carolina Off the Beaten Path South of Charleston and all the way to Savannah, Georgia, 100 miles away, the land stays only a few feet above sea level and has a ...
Beaufort, SC - South Carolina Off the Beaten Path
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Eufaula, Oklahoma, Robbers Cave State Park, and Coal Miners' Valley Off the Beaten Path The roomy sandstone caves at Robbers Cave State Park were a handy place for the outlaws who rode in the area during Indian Territory ...
Eufaula, OK - Oklahoma Off the Beaten Path
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Amish Country around Columbus Junction and Mount Pleasant, Iowa Off the Beaten Path Begin your tour of Amish country in Kalona, a place where buggies travel the highways next to cars, Amish farmers work the land with ...
Mount Pleasant, IA - Iowa Off the Beaten Path
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Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach, Florida Off the Beaten Path Amelia Island, with its 13 miles of uncrowded sandy beaches, has already been discovered. In fact, it is the only United States location ...
Fernandina Beach, FL - Florida Off the Beaten Path
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South Brunswick Islands of North Carolina Off the Beaten Path Driving north on US 17 just over 10 miles takes you to the beginning of the South Brunswick Islands. Sunset Beach, Ocean Isle Beach, ...
Wilmington, NC - North Carolina Off the Beaten Path
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Brunswick, Georgia, and the Golden Isles (Sea Island, Saint Simons Island, and Jekyll Island) Off the Beaten Path “The Golden Isles” are a necklace of lush, subtropical barrier islands that serpentine languidly along Georgia’s 120-mile-long Atlantic ...
Brunswick, GA - Georgia Off the Beaten Path
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Sussex County around Rehoboth Beach, Georgetown, Seaford, and Milford, Delaware Off the Beaten Path Even if you’ve never heard of Sussex County, you’ve most likely heard of Rehoboth Beach and possibly even Bethany Beach, although ...
Rehoboth Beach, DE - Maryland and Delaware Off the Beaten Path
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Around New Paltz, New York Off the Beaten Path The 90,000-acre Northern Shawangunk mountain range, whose cliffs, summits, and plateaus are home to almost forty rare plant and animal ...
New Paltz, NY - New York Off the Beaten Path
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Gasparilla Island, Florida Off the Beaten Path Pristine shell-strewn beaches, fragrant tropical flowers, and not a single traffic light on the entire island. Year-round sunshine ...
Boca Grande, FL - Florida Off the Beaten Path
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Amish Country around Arcola, Illinois Off the Beaten Path Douglas and its neighboring county, Moultrie, are the center of Amish culture in Illinois. The first Amish in Illinois, however, came ...
Arcola, IL - Illinois Off the Beaten Path
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New York City Off the Beaten Path New York City needs no introduction—certainly not a cursory one of the length we’re permitted here—except to note that this is where ...
New York, NY - New York Off the Beaten Path
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Dawson, Whitehorse, and Canada's Yukon Territory Off the Beaten Path Don’t let the start of the Klondike Highway out of Skagway scare you. The first 10 or 11 miles climb at a pretty steep grade, from ...
Dawson, YT - Alaska Off the Beaten Path
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Blue Ridge Mountains Region of Georgia around Clayton, Dahlonega, and Gainesville, Georgia Off the Beaten Path In Georgia’s far northeast corner, up against the North Carolina and South Carolina borders, Rabun County is the heart of the state’s ...
Gainesville, GA - Georgia Off the Beaten Path
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Amherst, New Glasgow, and Antigonish: Nova Scotia Sunrise Trail Off the Beaten Path Although this book is planned so that visitors can travel in one unbroken, clockwise route, the two highlights of this area warrant ...
New Glasgow, NS - Maritime Provinces Off the Beaten Path
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Bellingham, Anacortes, the San Juan Islands, and Northern Puget Sound, Washington Off the Beaten Path Just across the Deception Pass bridge from Whidbey Island, travelers reach Fidalgo Island. For a bird’s-eye view of this island, turn ...
Anacortes, WA - Washington Off the Beaten Path
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Railroad History around Boone, Iowa Off the Beaten Path For more than a hundred years, scenic Boone County has been the railroad center of Iowa. At one time this was a bustling coal-mining ...
Boone, IA - Iowa Off the Beaten Path
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The Cabot Trail around Cheticamp and Igonish, Nova Scotia Off the Beaten Path Continue along Route 19 north after Margaree Forks until you rejoin the Cabot Trail at Margaree Harbour. (If you took the coastal ...
Igonish, NS - Maritime Provinces Off the Beaten Path
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