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For more than a decade and a half, I’ve helped people create a life by design through my lifestyle and travel blog.
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Sedona in April and Sedona in August Are Barely the Same Place. The Red Rocks Don’t Change. Everything Else Does.
Sedona, Arizona’s red rock formations look identical on a calendar year-round, which is exactly why so many first-time visitors underestimate…
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Cedar Rapids Is Iowa’s Second-Largest City and Almost Nobody Outside Iowa Has an Opinion About It. That Might Be the Whole Point.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa has a population around 137,000 to 139,000 depending on which recent estimate you use, making it the…
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Everyone Who Visits Portland, Maine for a Weekend Talks About Moving There. Almost Nobody Actually Does It.
Portland, Maine has become something of a running joke among people who’ve visited it for a food-focused weekend: nearly everyone…
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Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Made Alabama $923 Million in 2025. Most Americans Still Don’t Know Alabama Has a Beach.
Alabama’s beach tourism industry generated a record $923 million in 2025, according to figures reported by regional tourism industry coverage,…
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Fredericksburg, Texas Had 10,000 People and a German Heritage Identity. Then Texas Wine Country Discovered It.
Fredericksburg, Texas, founded by German immigrants in 1846 in the heart of the Texas Hill Country, spent more than a…
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Laramie, Wyoming Has 31,000 People and a Tragedy Most Outsiders Know It For. The Town Itself Looks Nothing Like That Story Anymore.
For most people outside Wyoming, the name Laramie is inseparable from a single event: the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard,…