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Why does Louisiana have parishes and not counties?

In 1803, the United States more than doubled its existing territorial holdings by purchasing the Louisiana Territory from the French government for $3 million. The American government divided the new territory into smaller divisions, but the legislature governing the territory of Louisiana elected to use the term "parish" for administrative boundaries, even after joining the United States. Throughout its history, Louisiana has retained the term, even though all of the other 49 states refer to their administrative regions as counties.\nThe entire territory (about 828 million square miles) of th..

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What are some fun but inexpensive things to do in Ohio?

The Ohio State Parks System has free admission, as 2015. Visitors can choose to hike in Mohican State Park, see a cave in Hocking Hills State Park or build a sand castle in Headlands Beach State Park.The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is located in Dayton. It features several buildings covering 1 million square feet and showcases aeronautical history.Other fun, inexpensive sites in Ohio include Aviation Heritage National Historical Park, Toledo Museum of Art and Ferrante Winery, notes the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

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Can you take a cruise on the Delta Queen paddle-wheeled steamboat?

The American Queen, a more modern steamboat christened in 1995, is in operation and offers nine-night cruises departing from either New Orleans, Memphis or Nashville. Dates of departure and ports of call are provided by 1Cruise.com.\nThe Delta Queen was built in 1927, registered on the National List of Historic Places in 1970, and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1989.

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How do you view your house from the street using Google Street View?

Google Street View was first introduced on May 25th, 2007 in the United States. The technology is made possible by a fleet of cars that have a high-definition panoramic camera rig mounted to the roof that continuously photographs the surroundings of the vehicle as it drives.\nThe photographs obtained from the Street View cars are stitched together by the Google Maps and Google Earth teams to create seamless imagery of cities and towns around the world that are fully explorable using built-in navigation controls. Using these controls, the end user can navigate forward and backward up and down a..

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What do all-inclusive vacation packages typically include?

In 1950, Club Med was the first resort to offer an all-inclusive vacation to travelers. As of 2015, this company still offers a variety of packages for resorts around the world, which include round-trip airfare from selected cities. Like most resorts, it offers a variety of packages depending on how much travelers wish to have included.\nAccording to the financial site Market Watch, all-inclusive packages range from packages that include basic accommodations to premium packages including alcohol, spa services and activities like golf, water sports, horseback riding and scuba diving. Resorts an..

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Is there a New Kerry, Massachusetts?

The story is about a magazine editor, Cate Mandighan, who decides to move back to her small seaside town, New Kerry, to fulfill her father's request to scatter his ashes where her mother Marie is buried and have her best friends sing the same song at the scattering service that they sang at Marie's memorial. When in New Kerry, Cate finds it difficult to maintain her upper-class lifestyle and adjust to the small town environment.

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What are some things to do in Eureka Springs, Arkansas?

Vintage Victorian homes colorfully restored to look like they did at the end of the 19th century fill this mountain town. The open-air trams at Eureka Spring Tram Tours take passengers on 90-minute rides past these homes and businesses with stops at the Crescent Hotel and the Grotto Spring.\nWhile the tram tour visits the Crescent Hotel during the day, operators offer ghost tours after the sun goes down. Labeled "America's Most Haunted Hotel," the Crescent is home to ghosts Michael and Theodora as well as a lady in room 3500 that appears in Victorian lingerie.\nOzark Mountain Ziplines off..

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When are trains used to transport goods for sale?

Some of the most common items shipped by rail are raw materials. These items include things such as coal, stone and ores of iron and other metals. Tractor-trailers lack the power to transport such heavy loads and, additionally, many processing facilities for these materials are built around railroad tracks.\nWhile train wrecks are often heavily publicised events that cause millions of dollars in property damage, the actual occurrences are quite rare, especially compared to collisions between freight trucks and other automobiles on highways. Railway cars also have harsher safety standards in pl..

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What are some water aquifers typically found on maps?

Underground aquifers around the world provide a main source of fresh water for people and farming/irrigation purposes. Nearly 35 percent of the water utilized by humans in the world is provided by aquifers, notes the Washington Post. In different areas of the world, such as the Middle East, northern Africa and central Asia, the depletion of aquifers is occurring at a fast rate. Additionally, the drought in California has also negatively impacted the California Central Valley aquifer system. The Indus Basin in India and Pakistan and Arabian aquifer in Saudi Arabia are other aquifers with seriou..

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What are some ways to purchase a Pennsylvania Turnpike E-ZPass?

Pennsylvania Turnpike E-ZPass retail partners include Giant Eagle, Acme, Karns and Wegmans supermarkets and GetGo gas stations. Other retail partners are Wal-Mart stores and Kuhn's, Giant and Martin's supermarkets.\nPennsylvania Turnpike E-ZPass allows motorists to pay tolls by automatically charging an existing account, which eliminates the need to stop at tollbooths. The turnpike also charges lower tolls to E-ZPass users.

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