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The sound enters your ears as you approach the trellis at the top of the bluff: a soft periodic plunk like pizzicato strings. The plunks grow more frequent as you follow the path toward the edge of ...

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The brisk spring breeze hit our faces as my husband and I hopped across the ancient lava flow edging Lake Superior, which was easy to spot through barely budding trees. It was a quiet midweek morning ...

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From the Hudson Valley to Connecticut, these three waterfalls will make for an adventurous day trip or weekend getaway.