CAMPECHE , capital of the state that bears its name, is one of Mexico's colonial gems and was at last recognized as such in 1999 with the designation of the city as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Elegant eighteenth- and nineteenth-century houses...
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BAYEUX , with its perfectly preserved medieval ensemble, magnificent cathedral and world-famous tapestry, is 23km west of Caen - a mere twenty-minute train ride. It's a smaller and much more intimate city, and, despite the large crowds of summer...
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In its prime, BANGOR , 120 miles northeast of Portland, was the undisputed Lumber Capital of the World. Every winter its raucous population of River Tigers went upstream to brand the felled logs, which they then...
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