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Bombay Beach: A Toxic Wasteland And Unique Art Community

One of the places I knew I wanted to go on the little road trip with my parents was Bombay Beach on the Salton Sea. I didn't know a whole lot about it and what I thought was wrong. I thought it was an abandoned town, basically, and it sort of is but also isn't.…

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Matlacha, Florida: The Most Creative Little Town In The Sunshine State

There are affiliate links in here.  I get a small commission if you purchase through them at no extra cost to you. On my little Florida road trip in January we did a loop from Tampa to Everglades City and back.  On the way back, we stopped in Matlacha, Florida for a couple of hours…

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Franconia Sculpture Park: Visit This Awesome Park In The Middle Of Nowhere Minnesota

I love the Franconia Sculpture Park.  I went for the first time in probably 2013 and came back with my parents this fall when I was home.  It was the first (and only) sculpture park I visited and it's just made me want to visit even more of them.  One thing I love about the…

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Seven Magic Mountains: The Coolest Outdoor Art In Las Vegas

When I flew home for a few days this summer out of Vegas there was one thing I knew I needed to in the short time I was there, and it technically isn't even in what everyone thinks of as Vegas, the strip. I had to see the Seven Magic Mountains, just a short drive…

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Cadillac Ranch: A Cadillac Graveyard on Route 66 In Amarillo, Texas

Ever since I learned about Cadillac Ranch, sometimes called the Cadillac Graveyard, in my sculpture class, like Seven Magic Mountains, I've wanted to go.  The road trip was the perfect opportunity and when I found out it was, sort of, on the route home, I got pretty excited.  I was finally going to see the…