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Brutus Buckeye

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Re: Lesser known place to visit ....
« Reply #28 on: June 03, 2021, 08:19:17 PM »
Out East, Appalachia was full of diamonds in the rough. 

Upstate NY and upper NE had a similar charm, minus the southern folk. 

There were some big azz caves out in western Kentucky that were pretty cool. 
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Re: Lesser known place to visit ....
« Reply #29 on: June 03, 2021, 08:20:55 PM »
There's a lava cave in Flagstaff.  It's cold and the floor is rocky as hell - not pebbles, but pointy rocks protruding from the ground.  But it's neat.
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Re: Lesser known place to visit ....
« Reply #30 on: June 03, 2021, 10:51:44 PM »
zeroing in on the hidden gems, the attendance numbers are interesting. Zion and the Grand Canyon are two of the most heavily visited National Parks, while Great Basin in east Nevada is near the bottom of the list. Nobody goes there, which makes it a strong candidate for a "lesser known" destination. 



While not nearly as spectacular as those other two parks, it is still pretty cool, and when you factor in that you practically get the whole place to yourself it more than makes up for it. 



Speaking of caves, there is plenty of spelunking available at Great Basin. 



There are also a bunch of hot springs in the area around the park. It has free camping, or at least it did last summer during covid. Ely NV is nearby, and it is a really underrated party town. The star gazing is phenomenal as it is a town of only 5k that is about 100 miles from the nearest neighboring town in any direction. They have four casinos, a dance club, liquor store, weed store... they'll take care of any vice that you might have. They even have a couple of legal brothels if the dance club chicks aren't biting. :o

Cave Lake state park is between Ely and Great Basin NP, along with these old timey charcoal ovens from the eighteen dicketies. 



And then to the south you have Cathedral Gorge and Echo Canyon. Cathedral Gorge is formed entirely out of dried mud, as a creek carved it out of the bottom of an ancient lakebed. 




In the summer they run a train up the mountain from Ely to look at the stars, and it's pretty insane. You can see into the disc of the Milky Way. 


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfvlzukiVu8
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Re: Lesser known place to visit ....
« Reply #31 on: June 04, 2021, 07:06:11 AM »
I like that last one, it goes on my list.  I have a long list.

We were talking last night, my Turk friend is back for a few days before leaving again.  He took 10,000+ photos in Zambia over two weeks.

He's leaving for Turkey for months as soon as he gets a flight to Izmir sorted out.
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« Reply #32 on: June 04, 2021, 11:32:08 AM »
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Re: Lesser known place to visit ....
« Reply #33 on: June 04, 2021, 01:05:23 PM »
I was just perusing the NatGeo tours they offer overseas.  I think if I go somewhere outside Europe, I probably need a tour.
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Re: Lesser known place to visit ....
« Reply #34 on: June 07, 2021, 12:09:51 AM »
Quote from: FearlessF on June 03, 2021, 10:24:58 AM
the western side of the state isn't as scenic.  unless you like green cultivated fields.  We have the Loess Hills created by the Missouri river which are nice.
We also have the supper clubs with the best beef in the world.
I lived in Western Iowa, as well, and the Loess Hills are scenic. You are in driving distance of the De Soto Wildlife Refuge, where I have not been in-season.

One of the best tourist spots I have ever encountered is the Steamboat Bertrand archeological museum just outside the DeSoto Wildlife Refuge. If you have not been there, go. You will see canned vegetables from a sunken ship that are 156-years old and appear to be edible, today.

The steamboat in 1865 was delivering mining supplies, such as shovels, pickaxes, and all manner of other things, including foodstuffs to Montana, when it hit a snag, and sunk near Missouri Valley, Iowa. It was dug up in the Late-1960s. The river changed course and the steamboat was found buried quite far from the Missouri River.
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Re: Lesser known place to visit ....
« Reply #35 on: June 07, 2021, 10:00:03 AM »
been there a few times, a couple times when it was full of birds

There are always a few nice things in your local area that are special enough to take the time to visit.  no matter where you live
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Re: Lesser known place to visit ....
« Reply #36 on: June 07, 2021, 10:17:38 AM »
Made reservations at Calloway Gardens next week.  Been there once myself for a conference.  The wife may like it, it's not cheap.

We stumbled across a great museum in Great Fall, MT about Lewis and that other guy.

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Re: Lesser known place to visit ....
« Reply #37 on: June 07, 2021, 12:23:33 PM »
Skyline Drive/The Blue Ridge parkway during the fall is a nice little gem. Beautiful views of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia are worth the time.  
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Re: Lesser known place to visit ....
« Reply #38 on: June 07, 2021, 12:35:42 PM »
I took the wife on the Blue Ridge Parkway between Franklin and Asheville a couple years back.  There was fog in the valleys when we got up, but it was clear at altitude.  It was beautiful indeed.

She was less impressed with the Biltmore but we enjoyed the gardens a lot.
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Re: Lesser known place to visit ....
« Reply #39 on: June 07, 2021, 12:46:25 PM »
Quote from: Hawkinole on June 07, 2021, 12:09:51 AM

The steamboat in 1865 was delivering mining supplies, such as shovels, pickaxes, and all manner of other things, including foodstuffs to Montana, when it hit a snag, and sunk near Missouri Valley, Iowa. It was dug up in the Late-1960s. The river changed course and the steamboat was found buried quite far from the Missouri River.
I watched a Docu on that I was shocked at how far in a farmers field that thing was buried as you said quite far from the old flow.I could see a hundred ft or so but it was substantial.Guys were digging in spots that you or I would have been looking
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Re: Lesser known place to visit ....
« Reply #40 on: June 07, 2021, 12:48:25 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on June 07, 2021, 12:35:42 PM
She was less impressed with the Biltmore but we enjoyed the gardens a lot.
Oh a step down from your digs I see
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« Reply #41 on: June 07, 2021, 12:51:07 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on June 07, 2021, 10:17:38 AM

We stumbled across a great museum in Great Fall, MT about Lewis and that other guy.

Ya he started some gas stations in these parts
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