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Northwestern Ohio
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Evening Lights
June 16, 2011One-Stop Shopping
June 12, 2011
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DeCastros Market
Hay Springs, Nebraska
Rural buildings are a marvel of business efficiency.
Ashes to Ashes
June 10, 2011
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Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park, near Plainview, Nebraska
Some 12 million years ago, this area of Nebraska’s grasslands became covered with up to two feet of ash from a volcano in southern Idaho. While local animals survived the ashfall itself, they soon perished from eating ash-covered grass. Their skeletons were found in what was once an ancient watering hole, now the site of a remarkable archeological dig.
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Scientists have uncovered more than 200 fossil skeletons, including barrel-bodied rhinos (in 1992, they discovered a rhino cow with a calf positioned nose to nose), a giraffe-like camel called Aepycamelus, sabre-toothed deer, five species of horses, a raccoon dog, a Secretary Bird, and a giant tortoise.
Opening Night
June 8, 2011From Friday’s opening reception of 20/20 Vision: Travels Along America’s Accidental Highway at the Carnegie Center in New Albany, Indiana.
They came:
They saw:
They listened:
And we enjoyed.
It’s Show Time!
June 3, 2011
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Seneca, New York
The end of one road, at least: 20/20 Vision: Travels Along America’s Accidental Highway opens tonight at the Carnegie Center!
Cowboy Line
June 1, 2011
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Long Pine, Nebraska
It shouldn’t be surprising that this drive-in has closed–the town’s population is less than 400. In busier days, Long Pine was a hub on the so-called Cowboy Line, which paralleled Route 20, for the Chicago and North Western railroad. Today this route is being developed into a trail for biking, walking, and horseback riding.
Drummer, Memorial Day
May 27, 2011
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Waterloo, New York
Surplus Bride
May 21, 2011
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Westfield, New York
Those who live in the Chautauqua region of New York point, with justifiable pride, to the area’s charm and beauty, the Finger Lakes wineries, the Chautauqua Institution…. Certainly they’re not lacking in a sense of humor, either.
Lucy Ray, 74
May 16, 2011
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Idaho Falls, Idaho
“I get up at 2:30 in the morning to be here by 4. At 5 a.m., there’s always a trucker, and a few farmers for coffee and a bite to eat before going out in the fields. The retired guys with wives are still sleeping then, but they’ll come in later and meet for coffee. There’s never a time when we don’t have customers, which is why I like this job. I’m never off the floor more than 10 minutes total in a nine-hour shift.
“It’s the same old crowd, day after day. The same old conversations. I can always tell what time of day it is just by looking down the counter.”
White Sulphur Temple
May 12, 2011
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Sharon Springs, New York
Now part of the national historic district in Sharon Springs, New York, the temple was part of the mineral water spa that drew visitors from the early 19th century to the the start of World War II.
The Accidental Highway 