Self-proclaimed Gateway to the Pacific and - along with half of Vancouver Island - Salmon Capital of the World, PORT ALBERNI is a town fairly dominated by the sights and smells of its huge lumber mills. It's also an...
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One of the first towns settled in northwestern Maryland, FREDERICK , at the junction of I-70 and I-270 an hour west of Baltimore, was laid out in 1745 by German farmers lured from Pennsylvania by the promise of cheap fertile land. It grew to...
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The lively market town of ELGIN , just inland about fifteen miles west of Cullen, grew up in the thirteenth century around the River Lossie. It's an appealing place, still largely sticking to its medieval street plan, with a busy main street...
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