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Meet the Amateur Geologist Who Put the Arch in Arches National Park

By Justin Housman | January 18, 2019

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Don Flickinger Became a Jungle Adventurer to Save Crashed WW2 Airmen

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The Van Buren Sisters Were Tough-As-Nails Suffragist Moto Pioneers

They ran out of gas and water, faced snowstorms and tornados, and were arrested for wearing men’s clothes, in their great cross-country motorcycle adventure.

BY Justin Housman | December 21, 2018

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Bored by a Desk Job, Amy Johnson Became One of History’s Best Pilots

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Jack O’Neill Made The Real Endless Summer Possible

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