Dennis Lennox

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  Nov 10, 2024

  Travel: Postcard from Clarksville, Tennessee

  Once an outpost on the early frontier and later a port for steamers carrying tobacco and cotton, this town in northern Tennessee is today a hidden gem.

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  Oct 27, 2024

  Travel: Postcard from Irving, Texas

  Sometimes suburbia is the destination. One such suburb is Irving, Texas. Once a bedroom community for Dallas, it has become a destination in its own right.

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  Oct 6, 2024

  Travel: Postcard from Las Cruces, New Mexico

  Overshadowed by artsy-fartsy Taos and Santa Fe, this is New Mexico’s most underrated city.

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  Sep 15, 2024

  Travel: In Europe, 3 places to visit this fall

  As the calendar ushers in fall, now is the perfect time to visit Europe.

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  Sep 1, 2024

  Travel: Postcard from Plymouth, England

  As I learned during a return visit this summer, the real draw in Plymouth is the centuries of maritime history. It goes well beyond the Mayflower, whose sailing from here 424 years ago on Sept. 16 was a historical fluke.

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  Aug 4, 2024

  Travel: In the middle of nowhere on Lake Superior, a city defined by industry

  “Nobody really comes here,” the waiter at my hotel said. “People only stop when they’re driving through.” I heard that a lot during my recent three-night visit to Thunder Bay on the north shore of Lake Superior in Ontario, Canada.

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  Jul 21, 2024

  Travel: Postcard from Gothenburg, Sweden

  Sweden’s second city is often overlooked. For those willing to make one or even two connections, this city along the Swedish West Coast is well worth the detour.

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  Jul 7, 2024

  Travel: Postcard from Lichfield, England

  Medieval cathedral. Check. A quaint small city. Check. Lots of religious history. Check. Checking all the boxes is Lichfield, an underrated city of 32,000 souls in the equally underrated county of Staffordshire.

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  Jun 23, 2024

  Travel: Forget what you’ve heard about San Francisco’s doom loop

  Having just returned from a visit to San Francisco, I can see why Tony Bennett left his heart there.

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  Jun 2, 2024

  Travel: Detroit once again rises from the ashes

  While countless articles have boasted of Detroit's comeback since its infamous 2013 bankruptcy, some of the claims were exaggerated and overlooked serious problems. And while many problems still exist, there’s no question that Detroit is once again back from the ashes.