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Travel Planning Secret Weapon: The Visitors Bureau

With all of the tools at our fingertips nowadays, travel planning is simultaneously easy and overwhelming. There are review sites, price comparison sites, itinerary sites, and so many travel blogs if...

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The Local Tourist explores unique destinations, focusing on culture, background, beauty, and sheer awesomeness. Subjects that get nearly equal levels of obsession include, but are not limited to, anything outdoors, anything that can be eaten, art, history, architecture, and anything with an ABV above 3%. There’s no subtlety and no drama, but there is definitely a whole lotta kitsch and unmitigated, unabashed enthusiasm.

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Travel Planning Secret Weapon: The Visitors Bureau

With all of the tools at our fingertips nowadays, travel planning is simultaneously easy and overwhelming.

13 Reasons You Should Visit Lafayette Indiana

The Midwestern cities of West Lafayette and Lafayette, Indiana, are home to Purdue University, but they also have much more to offer than a college experience. Check out these reasons to visit Lafayette.

Passion and Pride at Bruno's Pizza and Big O's Sports Room

Bruno's Pizza and Big O's Sports Room in West Lafayette, Indiana, is a must-visit if you like pizza, sports, and family-owned businesses.

The Elegant and Rustic Wildcat Creek Winery

Why you should visit this elegant and rustic winery in Lafayette, Indiana, featuring local and regional varietals.

Purdue University: Touring the House that John Built

Unless you're a Hoosier (a.k.a. current or former resident of Indiana), if you've heard of West Lafayette, Indiana, it's likely because of Purdue University.

Finding ALL the Things To Do in Wichita in 41 Hours (or trying to, at least)

On our drive through Arizona we’d felt like soggy versions of Pig-Pen, stalked by rain inste

Living History at Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Located north of the Arkansas River, a vital artery that was nearly hidden by the tall grasses along its banks, Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site is an imposing adobe structure and a painstakingly created reproduction of the original fort.

Driving Through the Dusty Comanche National Grasslands

Located in the high desert plains of southeastern Colorado, the Comanche National Grasslands is not your typical tourist destination.

Silence & Majesty at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is the quietest National Park in the United States and a perfect representation of a cyclical environment.

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Travel Planning Secret Weapon: The Visitors Bureau

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Recently on TLT

Travel Planning Secret Weapon: The Visitors Bureau

13 Reasons You Should Visit Lafayette Indiana

Passion and Pride at Bruno's Pizza and Big O's Sports Room

The Elegant and Rustic Wildcat Creek Winery

Purdue University: Touring the House that John Built

Finding ALL the Things To Do in Wichita in 41 Hours (or trying to, at least)

Living History at Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Driving Through the Dusty Comanche National Grasslands

Silence & Majesty at Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

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