The unattractive modern capital of Connecticut, HARTFORD , on the Connecticut River, is also the insurance center of the United States. Its central gold-domed state capitol , sitting on a hill in Bushnell Park, houses a small museum...
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Bali's capital city, DENPASAR (formerly known as Badung, and still sometimes referred to as such), has lost some of its charm to the roaring motorbikes and major traffic congestion that now dog much of south Bali. However, it remains a...
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Greystone HAWKSHEAD , between Coniston and Ambleside, wears its beauty well, its patchwork of cottages and cobbles backed by woods and fells and barely affected by twentieth-century intrusions. This is partly due to the enlightened policy of...
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