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Death Valley and the Art of Desert Survival | Gregory McNamee | United States, California, Death Valley
Death Valley need not live up to its name if you know the proper techniques of desert survival. Those techniques are transferable, too; once you learn them, you can apply them to any desert anywhere
How Baldy tried to kill me | Gregory McNamee | United States, Arizona, Mount Baldy
I’ve given other names to Mount Baldy over the years, names more suited to a pro wrestler than a stately snow-capped rise: The Berserker. The Unforgiver of Black River
Skiing the Grand Canyon | Gregory McNamee | United States, Arizona, Grand Canyon
In the wintertime, when piercing cold smothers the high country, the Grand Canyon takes on an entirely different aspect. The crowds begin to disappear with the changing of the leaves
The Maratea Coast | Gregory McNamee | Italy, Basilicata, Maratea
As visually striking as the Amalfi coast a hundred miles to the north, but with far more affordable amenities for the traveler, the slender Costa di Maratea lies between the wind-whipped Gulf of Policastro
The Thing: A Surreal Monument in Arizona | Gregory McNamee | United States, Arizona, Tucson
If you’ve made the trip down that long and dusty highway, you’ve seen the inescapable billboards advertising this curio with the minimalist message, 'The Thing?' The next time you’re passing
Touring The Monterey Peninsula | Gregory McNamee | United States, California, Monterey
Central California’s famed Monterey Peninsula, like the rest of the Golden State, has undergone great changes in the half century since John Steinbeck wrote his novels Cannery Row and Tortilla Flat
Venosa | Gregory McNamee | Italy, Basilicata, Venosa
Basilicata still lies far outside the usual tourist orbit, which means that should you visit, you will have the province pretty much to yourself. It also means, in the little town of Venosa