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    Street smarts: What we learned on our Great Big Road Trip

    Apr 04, 2016

    First rule of road trip: Don’t skip that bathroom break, or What We Learned on #DCRoadTrip2016

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    When you look into the Clown, the Clown also looks into you

    Apr 02, 2016

    My night in Tonopah's Clown Motel.

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    Icky, Icky, Icky: Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park hypnotizes visitors

    Apr 01, 2016

    The thing that makes this park thrilling is that the dig was preserved in situ.

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    Growing the next crop: Lattin Farms

    Mar 31, 2016

    Rick Lattin is a fifth-generation farmer whose family has been growing crops in the Lahontan Valley since 1909. But his particular operating model is simultaneously old-school and modern. 

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    ‘Recycled priest’ finds love of history in new parish

    Mar 31, 2016

    Stopping in at "the No. 1 attraction in Virginia City — St. Mary's in the Mountains Catholic Church

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    The accidental activist: a mining fight in Silver City

    Mar 31, 2016

    Joe McCarthy of the Comstock Residents Assocation is fighting a proposed mining operation in his Silver City neighborhood.

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    Road trip beef jerky review haiku roundup

    Mar 30, 2016

    Reviews of recent jerky I tried on the road, written in haiku.

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    'Either you hated him, or you loved him'

    Mar 29, 2016

    Everywhere you look, a sculpture protrudes from a surface, an oddity is embedded in a wall, a clay face looks back at you. It would take years of study to see every item that Van Zant incorporated into his monument. 

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    Basque in tradition: Winnemucca's Martin restaurant

    Mar 29, 2016

    The secret to The Martin's famous Basque cuisine? Keep it simple, make it hearty -- and add lots of garlic.

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    The spirits in the trees

    Mar 28, 2016

    This is the Shoshone Cedars, an area that is sacred to Ely Shoshone and their fellow Great Basin Shoshone, who are known among themselves as Newe.

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    Nevada in sight: photos from the road

    Mar 28, 2016

    Here's our ongoing slideshow of Christopher Smith's favorite images from our road trip around Nevada. Check back often for new pictures from our adventures on #DCRoadTrip2016.

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    Pride and history: the murals of Ely

    Mar 27, 2016

    Some of the most compelling murals in Ely aren't just visually striking, but they reflect something about the community's history, and the communitiy's aspirations.

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    Jerky review: E.T. Fresh Jerky in Crystal Springs

    Mar 26, 2016

    I had high hopes as I unzipped the golden bag of their “Area 51 Classified Teriyaki Time Travel” beef jerky ... 

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    Straight outta noisetown

    Mar 26, 2016

    The quiet in Pahranagat is astounding. Even in the high wind -- perhaps even because of the wind, which turns the cottonwoods into musical instruments ...

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