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You've made it this far — through security at the overseas airport, the whimpering baby in Seat 22E, the neighbor's seat back in your lap — and you have just one more hurdle to clear, the U.S. Customs Declaration form.  

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Sure we've all heard of Paul Revere and John Hancock, but what about Crispus Attucks? It turns out Attucks, a dockworker in his 40s, was an important guy in Revolutionary War times, too — the first American, in fact, to die in the colonists' fight for freedom from Britain.  

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Boundary Waters, Minn. » The idea of flipping an 18 1/2-foot, 42-pound canoe over your head and hauling it a mile on your shoulders may not immediately be considered a fun trip.   Full Story

Author William Least Heat Moon calls the ribbons of two-lane road across the United States "Blue Highways" because they were once colored blue on maps.   Full Story