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After Floods, Grand Canyon Opens on a Limited Basis. What to Know.

31 August 2026 at 17:18
As the search for missing visitors continues, the National Park has shut down hotels and much of its terrain, but visitors can still enter.

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Grand Canyon National Park was partially open for day use on Monday after flash flooding killed one person and prompted a search-and-rescue operation for at least 15 people.

You Can Photograph This Pretty Irish Castle. You Just Can’t Go In.

28 August 2026 at 14:04
Tourists still flock to the picturesque 16th-century Dunguaire Castle on Galway Bay. But in recent years, a dispute over ownership has prevented visitors from entering.

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Dunguaire Castle in County Galway. Technically a tower house, the structure was built around 1510 as a defensive lookout and residence.

Fans Push to Rename Nashville Airport for Dolly Parton

A surging online push to rename Nashville International Airport for the beloved Tennessean superstar could get snagged in bureaucracy and politics.

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“Who doesn’t want to be ‘departin’ from Parton’?” said one of the fans behind an online petition to rename Nashville International Airport for Dolly Parton, who died on Tuesday.
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