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I’m Kate
For more than a decade and a half, I’ve helped people create a life by design through my lifestyle and travel blog.
I’m a mom of 3, a full-time romance author, and I’ve been to more than 40 countries and nearly all the states.
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San Antonio’s River Walk Exists Because of a 1921 Flood That Killed 50 People. Almost Nobody Floating Past the Margaritas Knows That.
The San Antonio River Walk draws roughly visitors expecting a scenic, festive stretch of restaurants and river barges, and it…
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Galena, Illinois Has 85% of Its Buildings Listed on the National Register. Most American Towns Don’t Have 85% of Anything.
Galena, Illinois, a town of roughly 3,300 people in the state’s northwest corner, holds one of the most completely preserved…
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Salt Lake City Was Once Nearly All Mormon. Recent Estimates Put It Closer to 40 Percent.
Salt Lake City’s identity as a Mormon stronghold traces back to Brigham Young’s arrival in 1847 and more than a…
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Mount Rushmore Gets the Postcards. The Black Hills Have 1.2 Million Acres Most Visitors Never See.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial and the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally dominate the Black Hills’ reputation so thoroughly that many visitors treat…
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Napa Has One Main Road and a Reservation Requirement. Sonoma Has Five Times the Land and Nobody Checking IDs at the Door.
Napa Valley and Sonoma County get lumped together constantly as “California wine country,” but the two regions differ enough in…
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Sedona Has 10,000 Residents and 3 Million Annual Visitors. That’s a 300-to-1 Ratio Locals Live With Every Day.
Sedona’s population, per the latest U.S. Census Bureau estimate, sits at 9,778 residents (U.S. Census Bureau). The Sedona Chamber of…