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Food and Restaurants \| Hiking \| Golfing \| Hiking Hot on the Trail of the Edible Fungi in Illinois In the Midwest, morel mushrooms, a meaty sprout with a distinct honeycombed cap, are king....more Article from NYT > Travel
Festivals \| Music Reggae Festival Guide Online [AUGUST FESTIVALS] Calendar and info for events around the globe....more Article from Diigo : Talpage's Bookmarks
Cultural History \| Museums Midwest museums chronicle early immigrant settlers Early on, America did its bit to encourage the arrival of newcomers via territory expansion and carrots like the Homestead Act of 1862, which offered free farmland to anyone who would settle on a 160-acre quarter-section of land and remain for five years....more Article from Chicago Tribune news - Travel
Nature \| Road Trips \| Wildlife Where Buffalo Still Roam Not far from the Interstate highways that bisect the vast midlands of this country, vast swaths of prairie thrive....more Article from The New York Times - Registration required