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Video: Riding the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

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If you’re fascinated by historic steam locomotives and enjoy beautiful mountain scenery you’d probably enjoy spending half a day chugging along on the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad.

Your adventure will begin with visits to the Train Museum and the historic depot in Bryson City, North Carolina.

Next, you’ll board the train and head off on your journey through the Great Smoky Mountains…  [Read more…]

Video: Check out Belize’s amazing ‘Great Blue Hole’

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Image credit: U.S. Geological Survey

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As you surely know, our amazing planet has some truly incredible natural geological features.

One of the most beautiful and intriguing features in all the world is the iconic “Great Blue Hole” located just off the coast of Belize.

This almost perfectly round hole is incredibly large. In fact, its diameter at the mouth is a whopping 1,043 feet and it’s 407 feet deep!

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Video: 4 awesome days on the Blue Ridge Parkway

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There are many famous highways, roads and trails that are tailor-made for day trips and sight-seeing adventures.

If you happen to live in or near the southern Appalachians, you have one of the best drives around just waiting for you to enjoy it: The magnificent Blue Ridge Parkway.  [Read more…]

Did you know volcanoes can produce their own lightning bolts?

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Our world truly is an amazing place. Natural phenomena that can awe, terrify and inspire occur somewhere on our planet each and every day.

One phenomenon that can trigger all those feelings at once is lightning.

Virtually everyone has experienced the power and frightening beauty of a lightning strike while waiting out a passing thunderstorm, but did you know volcanoes can produce their own lightning strikes, even on a clear and sunny day?

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