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    Fall Colors In The Pembina Gorge and Tetrault Woods State Forest
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Sep 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    Fall Colors In The Pembina Gorge and Tetrault Woods State Forest

    Yes, North Dakota has trees. The Pembina Gorge and Tetrault Woods State Forest are two of the prettiest places to spot them. And if you...
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    Midwest Road Trip Adventures: Highways and Byways
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Sep 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    Midwest Road Trip Adventures: Highways and Byways

    I wrote about some of my favorite North Dakota and South Dakota road trips in a brand new anthology and I’m so excited to tell you about...
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    Travel Books To Cure Your Wanderlust
    aliciaunderleenels
    • May 3, 2020
    • 7 min

    Travel Books To Cure Your Wanderlust

    Some of the most evocative travel books aren’t travel books at all. A strong sense of place can transport you, no matter which section of...
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    Packing For Cold Climates: 12 Winter Essentials
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Nov 26, 2019
    • 6 min

    Packing For Cold Climates: 12 Winter Essentials

    When the temperature drops, layers are the secret to packing for cold climates and staying warm and comfortable both indoors and out....
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    Travel Tomorrow Podcast: What’s New In Travel
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Nov 11, 2019
    • 4 min

    Travel Tomorrow Podcast: What’s New In Travel

    Earlier this year, I started work on a new project. It’s called the Travel Tomorrow podcast and I’m almost ridiculously excited about it....
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    What’s Your Travel Challenge?
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Mar 5, 2018
    • 6 min

    What’s Your Travel Challenge?

    Why aren’t you traveling? What’s stopping you from booking the trip of your dreams? The most common question readers ask me is how they...
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    Spain: The Trip That Made Me A Traveler
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Feb 14, 2018
    • 9 min

    Spain: The Trip That Made Me A Traveler

    I remember the exact moment I realized that being a traveler was a choice. Travel didn’t need be a fluke, a happy accident, a thing that...
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    The Most Photogenic Places In Minneapolis
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Feb 14, 2018
    • 6 min

    The Most Photogenic Places In Minneapolis

    Whether you’re looking for iconic images or locals only selfie spots, historic sites, parks or street art, Minneapolis is more than ready...
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    Extreme Ice: 5 Wild Ways To Enjoy A Minnesota Winter
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Jan 9, 2018
    • 3 min

    Extreme Ice: 5 Wild Ways To Enjoy A Minnesota Winter

    Minnesota has more than 10,000 lakes (11,842, if you want to be exact — which I do) and long winters, so it’s no surprise that the state...
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    Light For Darker Days: Reflections From Erfurt’s Christmas Market
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Jan 8, 2018
    • 8 min

    Light For Darker Days: Reflections From Erfurt’s Christmas Market

    I am standing by myself, as alone as one can get on the edge of the Domplatz, a historic square in Erfurt, the capital city of the German...
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    Kuchen: A Dessert With History
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Nov 26, 2017
    • 4 min

    Kuchen: A Dessert With History

    Kuchen is German for “cake,” but that doesn’t really hint at its rich, addictive goodness. It’s more like a thick custard poured into a...
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    Practical Gifts For Travelers
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Nov 23, 2017
    • 6 min

    Practical Gifts For Travelers

    It can be a challenge to find practical gifts for travelers.  We tend to be pretty independent — and proactive about buying what we want...
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    European Travel Tips From Expats, Writers and Travelers
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Nov 16, 2017
    • 7 min

    European Travel Tips From Expats, Writers and Travelers

    When Linda, a reader and friend from school, asked me for European travel tips, I was excited. Europe is an easy and accessible vacation...
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    20 Things To See In North Dakota…And Why Lists Never Tell The Whole Story
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Jun 9, 2016
    • 4 min

    20 Things To See In North Dakota…And Why Lists Never Tell The Whole Story

    I love being a travel writer. I am profoundly, almost stupidly grateful that I get to do this for a living. I was filling up travel...
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    Travel Inspiration: Poems For New Adventures
    aliciaunderleenels
    • May 15, 2016
    • 4 min

    Travel Inspiration: Poems For New Adventures

    “Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road, Healthy, free, the world before me, The long brown path before me, leading wherever...
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    A Midwesterner’s View of The Azores Islands
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Apr 28, 2016
    • 6 min

    A Midwesterner’s View of The Azores Islands

    I’ve followed Bismarck, North Dakota-based writer Katey K. since we met at a conference last summer. She’s a riot on Twitter...
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    Why I Loved San Juan, Puerto Rico
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Mar 31, 2016
    • 6 min

    Why I Loved San Juan, Puerto Rico

    I have terrible passport envy. My natural tendency towards wanderlust has been made exponentially worse by reading books set in other...
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    That Time I Let Fate Decide Our Vacation
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Feb 4, 2016
    • 7 min

    That Time I Let Fate Decide Our Vacation

    I’m a planner. And I’ve basically been a travel writer since way before I was a travel writer, filling journals and photo albums with...
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    Five Favorite Travel Quotes
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Jan 8, 2016
    • 2 min

    Five Favorite Travel Quotes

    I’ve been quiet on social media this week for one of my very favorite reasons — we’re planning a trip and I’m currently in full-on...
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    California Close Up
    aliciaunderleenels
    • Mar 15, 2013
    • 1 min

    California Close Up

    If you liked my California Dreaming post, these shots are the other side of the coin. LA is strange city, alternately dreamy and...
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