Midwest Awash in Giant Grottos
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In the early 20th century, artists and religious leaders in the Midwest outdid each other building vast shrines called grottos. Many of these eccentric constructions remain significant attractions today. Michelle Delio reports from Dickeyville, Wisconsin.
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INDEPENDENCE, Calif. -- Mike Prather whooped as he ambled through the tumbleweed and salt grass for a look. There it was, bubbling and oozing like lava, as it inched down the valley floor.
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GENEVA -- The Great Wall of China, the Colosseum in Rome, and Peru's Machu Picchu are the leading contenders to be among the new seven wonders of the world, as a massive poll draws to a close with votes already cast by more than 90 million people, organizers say.
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ROCHELLE, Ill.  - Golden mountains are rising out  of the fertile farmlands of the U.S. Midwest, a changing  landscape formed by huge piles of corn from the most bountiful  harvest in U.S. history.
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Scientists say mammoth and camel bones unearthed in northwest Kansas that date back 12,200 years could be part of "one of the most important archaeological sites in North America."
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Some mine disasters happen in a flash, like the Utah cave-in last month that apparently entombed six coal miners. Others unfold in slow motion.
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In stazione turistica del Wisconsin,superstite una bimba
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Vast man-made mounds are nearly all that remain of an ancient city now called Cahokia, built along the banks of the Mississippi. In its heyday around A.D. 1050, the city was a bustling metropolis. Michelle Delio reports from Collinsville, Illinois.
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Many travelers are chasing what may be a modern-day version of an old human impulse â to behold an untrammeled frontier.
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A wolverine wearing a global positioning system collar wandered nearly 550 miles in seven weeks, including a trip from Pocatello, Idaho, to the northern reaches of Yellowstone National Park.
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In recent years, Big Ten football teams such as Michigan, Michigan State and Wisconsin have trekked to the University of Oregon&#39;s Autzen Stadium.
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CALGARY, Alberta -- A fossilized jaw found in an Alberta gravel pit may have cleared up a mystery for researchers wondering how brown bears originally made it across North America.
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One hundred and twelve years ago, there was a birth in the nation&#39;s southern-most states. It is the Auburn-Georgia series and it takes place in Jordan-Hare Stadium, one of the nation&#39;s loudest, biggest and most historic.
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Storms continue to drench the US Midwest, which is already enduring record floods.
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Area being scoured for missing adventurer is expanded to 10,000 square miles.
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A fierce snowstorm pummeled the Midwest on one of the busiest travel days of the year yesterday, snarling roads and causing long delays at airports as millions
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A corridor of the wild through the high country of North America - Yellowstone to Yukon - is becoming a reality.