No tickets for the 2012 Olympics? Don't despair: You don't need one to enjoy the games and the party atmosphere in London this summer.
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Cowboys. Horses. Guns. Booze. And tennis?
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I took a deep breath, positioned my skis and shot down the hillside, whizzing through a forest of trees covered with thick, feathered layers of ice.
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The Phantom of Las Vegas is singing his final opera.
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Inside Louisiana's Civil War Museum, battle flags line the walls. Uniforms, swords and long-barreled guns fill museum cases beside homespun knapsacks, dented canteens and tiny framed pictures of wives that soldiers carried into battle.
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Indiana's tourism agency is spotlighting 46 regionally popular sandwiches — including several that feature tenderloin, a Hoosier favorite, and a cheeseburger slathered in peanut butter — for a competition tied to the Super Bowl that aims to find the state's tastiest sandwich.
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One of the worst things a parent can see on the ski slopes — short of an injury — is the swelling of a tear underneath the layers of facemask, goggles and helmet. The problem isn't only that the little drop of water could freeze: It could be the moment your child is turned off from skiing…
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When a powerful blizzard ripped through North Dakota last winter, hundreds of drivers were stranded as white-out conditions shuttered interstates spanning the state. Snow whipped up by wind marred the lines between pavement and grassy drop-offs, leaving some scared motorists unsure what t…
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You can't take a boat ride into the roar and spray of Niagara Falls in the winter, but this time of year offers a different spectacle: Nighttime illumination of the falls in a changing array of colors — red, white, blue, purple, orange, amber and green.
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At its heart, Indianapolis is a sports town. You can't talk about auto racing without mentioning the Indianapolis 500. The NCAA has its national headquarters here; the NFL's Colts, the NBA's Pacers and the WNBA's Fever call it home. And in February, what is arguably the No. 1 sporting eve…
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Barren River Lake State Resort Park in south-central Kentucky is hosting two weekends for people who want to get a closer look at sandhill cranes as they make their annual stop.
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Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is celebrating the 7 millionth visitor to the West Michigan attraction.
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The sometimes plain, sometimes heavily decorated neckties are a symbol of the West, worn with everything from blue jeans to tuxedos.
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Forget photos with Santa at the mall. Hoosier holiday celebrations can be so much more. Here are some of our favorite ways for tapping into the Christmas spirit.
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Growing up in South Texas, Kiko Torres saw the Day of the Dead as an obscure holiday celebrated in southern Mexico. Few people dared to discuss it in his small but strong Catholic, Mexican-American community.
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Only at an airport in Wisconsin can the phrase "half my bag is cheese" attract nothing more than a shrug.
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Don't expect to find the Mona Lisa here. Or a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton.
Oct 16, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
The first thing you'll do upon entering Legoland Florida is walk up to the nearest oversized Lego model and touch it: Is it really made out of those little plastic bricks that are as much a part of American childhood as skinned knees and ice cream cones?
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Even within the creative world of public art, it was an audacious plan: launch a citywide show of international artwork and let the general public be the judge.
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