Hidden Gems

The Best Colleges You Haven't Heard Of

Posted 11.28.2011

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Sure. We've all heard of the big name schools. The Yales. The Princetons. But what about colleges that maybe you haven't heard of -- but should? U...

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WATCH: A Peek Inside New York's Secret Bookstore

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Etsy, Video, Hidden Gems, Michael Seidenberg, Vimeo, Brazenhead Books, New York City, Culture, Culture News

If you're looking for Brazenhead Books in New York City, you might run into a problem. In a grand tradition usually reserved for the fake ID or other ...

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Local Celebs' Favorite Hidden Gems in LA

Tara Settembre | Posted 05.30.2011

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Whenever I have moved to a different area of Los Angeles, it's not the new gourmet restaurants that I miss the most, but the local dive bars and hole-in-the-wall restaurants.

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PHOTOS: Haunting, Abandoned Island In New York

The Huffington Post | Jonah Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Walter Benjamin once described progress as "one single catastrophe which keeps piling wreckage upon wreckage" as the past is quickly erased by new ide...

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John Salazar's Defeat Sends Hidden Gems Back A Step

The Aspen Times | Scott Condon | Posted 05.25.2011

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ASPEN -- The Hidden Gems Wilderness Campaign appeared to suffer a setback Tuesday when the congressman being lobbied to sponsor a bill to protect land...

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The Most Amazing Hidden Sites In The World

The Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hidden Gems, Ancient Sites, Hidden Sites, Travel News

When it comes to travel--especially to ancient sites, which are big business for the tourism industry--very little stays secret. That said, some an...

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PHOTOS: The World's Most Amazing Hidden Sites

Posted 05.25.2011

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Very little stays a secret nowadays, not least when it comes to the world's ancient sites. After all, in the big business of the tourist industry we'r...

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Interior Department Documents Reveal Plans To Protect Enormous Amounts Of Land In The West

Grand Junction Daily Sentinel | Gary Harmon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hidden Gems, Vermilion Basin, Interior Department, Bureau of Land Management, Ken Salazar, Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area, Blm, Antiquities Act, Denver News

Broad swaths of western land, equivalent to the size of Colorado and Wyoming combined, should be considered "treasured lands" and managed without rega...

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Hidden Gems Wilderness Protection Bill Shows Lack Of Consensus

Vail Daily | Scott Condon | Posted 05.25.2011

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ASPEN, Colorado -- U.S. Rep. Jared Polis will introduce a wilderness bill that provides some level of protection to roughly 70 percent of the lands ta...

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'Hidden Gems' Proposal Could Complicate Water

Pueblo Chieftain | Chris Woodka | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colorado Water, Hidden Gems, Arkansas River, Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Water Rights, Wilderness, Denver News

A campaign to add 400,000 acres of wilderness areas in Colorado could threaten future operations that bring water into the Arkansas Valley. It's no...

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Diana DeGette The Leading Force Behind Controversial Legislation Expanding Protected Lands

The Colorado Independent | David O. Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Udall, Colorado Wilderness Network, Colorado, Hidden Gems, John Salazar, Diana DeGette, Michael Bennet, Jared Polis, National Forest, Denver News

For a decade now, Democratic U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette of Denver has been fighting an uphill battle to vastly increase the acreage of Colorado's public ...

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