Dennis Lennox

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  Nov 5, 2023

  Travel: Why Mazatlan has me rethinking Mexico

  My visit to Mazatlan, a coastal city in the state of Sinaloa, came a couple months after this column warned readers about visiting the country. And yes, Sinaloa is the home of that Sinaloa — the notorious cartel and drug traffickers.

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  Oct 29, 2023

  Travel: Postcard from Victoria, Kansas

  If there is one place in Kansas that looks and feels like somewhere in Europe then this is the place.

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  Oct 15, 2023

  Travel: Postcard from Golden, Colorado

  I’m in an old mining town located where Colorado’s plains meet the mountains. As the iconic arch that spans Washington Avenue — the main street in all but name — proclaims, this is also “where the West lives.”

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  Oct 1, 2023

  Travel: Postcard from Abilene, Kansas

  Anyone who has ever done a cross-country road trip on Interstate Highway 70 has passed through Abilene, Kansas. Notwithstanding all the small-town charm, which is in and of itself a draw, Abilene’s real claim to fame is General of the Army and President Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969).

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  Sep 24, 2023

  Travel: Postcard from Fort Benton, Montana

  The westward expansion that Lewis and Clark ignited would put Fort Benton on the map. The trappers, traders and pioneers who followed over the ensuing decades made it the birthplace of Montana.

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  Sep 10, 2023

  Travel: This fall, visit these 3 overlooked places

  As summer ends and fall begins, this column looks at three destinations to visit.

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  Sep 3, 2023

  Travel: Postcard from Durham

  This historic city in the northeast of England seems overshadowed by Canterbury and York with their archiepiscopal sees or Edinburgh farther to the north in Scotland.

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  Aug 20, 2023

  Travel: Postcard from Uppsala, Sweden

  This college town about 43 miles from the Swedish capital of Stockholm is more than just a day trip destination. My visit to Uppsala came earlier this month before 50,000 students returned for classes at the 546-year-old Uppsala University, the oldest university in Scandinavia.

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  Aug 6, 2023

  Travel: Postcard from Sault Ste. Marie

  Like other places previously featured in this column, Sault Ste. Marie is off-the-beaten-path.

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  Jul 30, 2023

  Travel: Postcard from the middle of nowhere

  This has to be Montana’s best-kept secret. I’m in Fort Peck, a tiny community that owes its existence to the Army Corps of Engineers and a reservoir or man-made lake of the same name, in northeastern Montana.