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Best Convenience Store EVER?!
Brendan Leonard takes us to what may be the pinnacle of roadside convenience. ONCE IN A WHILE, I hear about something so bizarre that it makes me question reality. Often, I find out it’s some kind of hoax, and I can go back to my normal existence. Once in a while, however, I look it up, and find […]
Hot Air Balloon Wrestling, Billings, MT
September 4, 2012 by Arteries of America
Crews keep balloons in check during Magic City Hot Air Balloon Rally. THESE HOT AIR BALLOONS glowed in a park just off I-90 in Billings, Montana, lighting up the dusk as burners flared, and drawing my attention away from keeping my car on the road. Luckily, I had my camera with me. I photographed this […]
American Gods Roadtrip
July 4, 2011 by ericwarren
Almost anyone who reads Neil Gaiman’s 2001 novel American Gods dreams of hitting the road following the route Shadow takes through the Midwest. Last week marked the ten-year anniversary of the book’s first publication. Here are six essential locations to seek out so you can live Shadow’s journey. I have obscured the location of several […]
Photo Essay: Mt. Washington’s Historic Cog Railway
April 18, 2011 by ericwarren
Mount Washington looms over coastal New England. At 6,288 feet, it is visible from the Atlantic Ocean, 80 miles away. The highest windspeed ever recorded was clocked here on April 12th, 1934 at 231 mph. The “home of the worst weather on Earth” is accessible by a winding toll-road, but (for once) I decide to […]
Photo of the Week 10/21/2010
October 22, 2010 by Arteries of America
September 27, 2012 by Arteries of America
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