http://www.usatravelcities.com/travel_blog Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:35:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Springfield’s only claim to fame is its most famous resident, one Mr. Abraham Lincoln. About a hundred and fifty years ago a young lawyer rode into town and settled there, when he arrived he was just like any other young man of those days but left as ... http://www.usatravelcities.com/travel_blog/2007/11/16/springfield-illinois/ A drive along interstate 91 in southwest Massachusetts will take you by the town of Springfield, for most the year there isn’t much to catch your eye, however from the week prior to thanksgiving to the week after the New Year the town is transformed into ... http://www.usatravelcities.com/travel_blog/2007/11/15/springfield-massachusetts/ Sedona was always like all small towns somewhere in America, but in 1987 everything changed. That was the year the harmonic convergence was to occur, about 5000 new-agers flocked to Sedona hoping for worldwide manifestation of love and harmony. On the material day they all converged ... http://www.usatravelcities.com/travel_blog/2007/11/14/sedona-arizona/ It’s not weird to hear someone was charged a high interest rate on payday loans. Well in this day and age trusting someone to repay you back money that he has borrowed to clear his debts, well you will be well reassured it wont be paid back ... http://www.usatravelcities.com/travel_blog/2007/11/13/life-savers-or-loan-sharks/ A poll carried out by Zogby International, in Washington DC to survey local residents; majority of those polled did not support the ban on fast cash loans. Although they may want some areas regulated they don’t see the need to get rid of these ... http://www.usatravelcities.com/travel_blog/2007/11/12/poll-district-residents-don%e2%80%99t-support-ban/ Ocracoke Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina was first settled by Europeans in the early 18th century by families mainly from Ireland and southwest England moving down the barrier islands from Tidewater Virginia, Ocracoke remained isolated until about 60 years ago. The ... http://www.usatravelcities.com/travel_blog/2007/11/11/ocracoke-island-north-carolina/ The museum of the north alaska is located at the University of Alaska. The museum’s design and display have spread its fame across the land. In northern Alaska most buildings are cube shaped, this design is favored because it is cheap and easy to ... http://www.usatravelcities.com/travel_blog/2007/11/10/museum-of-the-north-fairbanks-alaska/ Fruita Colorado is about an hour and half from Moab and near the Colorado Utah border. It is one of the last great and least known mountain biking paradises. Fruita has been endowed with the natural splendors that have put Moab on the mountain ... http://www.usatravelcities.com/travel_blog/2007/11/09/fruita-colorado/ Payday cash points are an easy target to thieves and robber. For one they don’t have ample security to man their business and because they don’t operate very big cash transactions they don’t see the need to thus the laxity in security. Just like a bank ... http://www.usatravelcities.com/travel_blog/2007/11/08/benicia-ca-payday-loan-store-robbed/ Asheville is a year-round resort town nestled between the Smoky and the Blue Ridge Mountains; it’s an Appalachian magnet attracting mountain bikers, New Agers, farmers and antiques aficionados. Asheville has its own take on southern hospitality. The town has a wonderful collection of buzzing ... http://www.usatravelcities.com/travel_blog/2007/11/07/asheville-north-carolina/