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Downtown Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, 4h Avenue Theatre, 4th Avenue Theatre Anchorage, 4th Avenue Theatre Alaska
Alaska, North America

Best Hostels in Anchorage, Alaska

The Best Hostels in Anchorage, Alaska Updated May 2025, The Best Hostels In Anchorage, Alaska was originally written in April 2018 Okay, let’s be real here- hostelling is a fairly new concept in Alaska, so this post should more appropriately be named ‘The Only Hostels in Anchorage‘. I’ve lived just outside Anchorage my entire life and […]

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Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, Adventures of Nicole
American Southwest, Colorado, National & state Parks, North America

One Day in Mesa Verde: A Day Trip Through Ancient Cliffside Cities

One Day in Mesa Verde: A Day Trip Through Ancient Cliffside Cities One Day in Mesa Verde: A Day Trip Through Ancient Cliffside Cities was originally published in 2025 On a quick road trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park and New Mexico’s Bisti Badlands, I managed to squeeze in a stop to spend one

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Beach House, Between Beaches, MacDonald Spit, Kachemak Bay, Kasitsna Bay, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Alaska, North America

The Perfect Coastal Alaskan Winter Getaway: Between Beaches

Full disclosure: I have stayed at Between Beaches both at my own expense and in exchange for photographs and this article on Adventures of Nicole. The Perfect Coastal Alaskan Winter Getaway: Between Beaches Updated May 2025, The Perfect Coastal Alaskan Winter Getaway: Between Beaches was originally published in March 2021.  After two visits, one in early

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Kelso Dunes, Mojave National Preserve, California
California, National & state Parks, North America

Visiting Kelso Dunes in Mojave National Preserve

Visiting Kelso Dunes in Mojave National Preserve Updated May 2025, Visiting Kelso Dunes in Mojave National Preserve was originally published in December 2023 Kelso Sand Dunes are a sight to behold for those visiting the heart of the Mojave National Preserve being among the only 30 singing sand dunes in the world.  On my most

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Mojave Desert Lava Tube, Mojave National Preserve, California
California, National & state Parks, North America

Visiting the Lava Tube in Mojave National Preserve

Visiting the Lava Tube in Mojave National Preserve Updated May 2025,Visiting the Lava Tube in Mojave National Preserve was originally published in November 2023 Whenever I make the call to my parents to announce that I’ll be paying them a visit, they frantically search through their archive of adventures nearby their (newish) home of Pahrump,

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offshore orca, orca, whale, gulf of Alaska, Alaska, resurrection bay, kenai fjords, kenai Fjords national park, major marine tours
Alaska, North America

Kenai Fjords National Park Travel Guide

Kenai Fjords National Park Travel Guide Updated May 2025, Kenai Fjords National Park was originally published in February 2023 Kenai Fjords National Park is located on the Kenai Peninsula in Southcentral Alaska and offers stunning scenery and some of the state’s best coastal wildlife viewing opportunities. Home to the renowned Harding Icefield, one of the largest icefields

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Devil's Kitchen, Colorado National Monument, Grand Junction, Colorado
Colorado, National & state Parks, North America

A Guide to Colorado National Monument

A Guide to Colorado National Monument Updated May 2025, A Guide to Colorado National Monument was originally published in April 2024 Colorado National Monument is home to an array of breathtaking landscapes, giving views of some of Colorado’s greatest natural grandeur. At the heart of Colorado National Monument is the famed Rim Rock Drive, a

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Paint Mines Interpretive Park, Calhan, Colorado
American Southwest, Colorado, North America

Visiting the Paint Mines in Colorado

Visiting the Paint Mines in Colorado Updated April 2025, Visiting the Paint Mines in Colorado was originally published in November 2022 With small rolling hills and a bank of windmills on the horizon, we were a little confused about where these colorful hoodoos we had heard about were actually going to be and then we

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