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Beyond Carhenge: The Jewels of Nebraska's Highway 2

July 12, 2017 by Carson Vaughan in On The Road, Local Color, Behind the Headlines

This year marks our home state of Nebraska's 150th anniversary! To celebrate, Carson put together a list of the "The Jewels of Highway 2" for USA TODAY.

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July 12, 2017 /Carson Vaughan
USA Today, Antioch, Highway 2, Nebraska, Sandhills
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December 05, 2016 by Carson Vaughan in Behind the Headlines

For reasons we can't quite figure out, Cleveland gets a bad wrap--but we loved it. There's something about this rust belt city that felt more authentic - and much less whitewashed - than so many other cities we've toured on our yearlong adventure. 

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December 05, 2016 /Carson Vaughan
Cleveland, Ohio, USA Today, Sokolowski's, Mothersbaugh, Devo, contemporary art, jazz, big band, radio
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October 27, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Behind the Headlines

The Ocean State was good to us. Read up on our latest adventures in USA Today!

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October 27, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
Rhode Island, Road Trip USA, USA Today, Fishermen's Memorial State Park, Cliff Walk, New Port Rhode Island, RISD, Rhode Island School of Design, coffee milk
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May 18, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Behind the Headlines

In Carson's fourth installment for USA Today, he shared a somewhat embarrassing story involving me and our first trip to Asheville.

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May 18, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
asheville, north carolina, blue ridge mountains, grove park inn, USA Today
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April 13, 2016 by Carson Vaughan in Behind the Headlines

When USA TODAY greenlit my story on Savannah, GA, I stared at my cursor for two days before writing a single word, thinking about Spanish Moss. 

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April 13, 2016 /Carson Vaughan
USA Today, Travel, Savannah, Georgia, Skidaway Island, Pin Point, Leopold's, Gullah/Geechee, Stratton Leopold, Spanish Moss, Flannery O'Connor
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March 16, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Behind the Headlines

For his second "Road Trip USA" installment for USA TODAY, Carson chose to write about our experience in Port Arthur, a city that produces nearly a million barrels of crude oil a day and yet, somehow, shows no signs of prosperity. 

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March 16, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
Port Arthur, Texas, Gas, Oil, Refinery, Sea Rim State Park, USA Today, travel writing
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February 02, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Behind the Headlines

Local Color XC featured in the USA Today travel section!

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February 02, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
travel writing, travel blog, travel, USA Today, newspaper, roadtrip
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