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Mike Bjorn’s store/museum — A Wisconsin men’s clothier that’s never boring or out of style
KENOSHA, Wis. — Some road trips are tailor-made. And Mike Bjorn’s Fine Clothing & Museum (of Suits and Hangers) fits the bill. The clothing and …Read More
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DENVER’S WILD BACKYARD
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The City makes the scene
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TRAVEL BRIEFS 10.14.12
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Country music hidden in plain sight
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DENVER’S WILD BACKYARD
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Downtown Denver’s skyscrapers are only minutes behind me as I take a right at a car parts shop, followed quickly by a left just before the 18,000-seat stadium that is home to the Colorado Rapids, a professional soccer team. Suddenly, I’m …
The City makes the scene
SAN FRANCISCO — The spot where Jimmy Stewart saved Kim Novak in “Vertigo” is at Fort Point, just under the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. A few miles down the bay is Alcatraz, where Nicolas Cage and Sean Connery prevented missiles from launching and …
TRAVEL BRIEFS 10.14.12
Vermont offers scary trips with ‘Haunted Highways’ The Vermont Department of Tourism has launched “Haunted Highways,” a vacation package that focuses on ghost stories and ghost-related lodging. The department says tourists can travel from the “Bennington Triangle” in the southwestern part of the state where …
Country music hidden in plain sight
Open the scruffy front door of a drab-looking corner tavern in Chicago on Friday evenings and suddenly you’re in Texas, greeted by the rowdy twang of a genuine honky tonk band. Cowboy-booted couples of all ages two-step around the dimly lit scuffed wooden dance floor …
The Empire Builder — Amtrak’s train with a view
The warnings started days before we were to board the train to take us home from Seattle to Chicago. “We are contacting you to advise you that the Empire Builder has been experiencing delays of two to five hours due to speed restrictions caused by …
Weird animals get their due in Japan
TOKYO — Americans may seem obsessed with animals, with daycare for dogs and TV therapists for cats, not to mention the hours we spend looking at photos of cute critters on the Internet. But it’s generally the conventionally adorable ones that get our attention. On …