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From Bismarck to Pierre

Nov/Dec '07 Premium Content

From Bismarck to Pierre

Arriving in the city of Bismarck after driving through the grasslands of North Dakota for a couple of days is a slight shock to the system. And though it only has a population of 55,000, Bismarck's big streets and noisy traffic are as far removed from the quiet solitude

Eastern Europe: For the Children of Chernobyl

Sep/Oct '07 Premium Content

Eastern Europe: For the Children of Chernobyl

With the dissolution of that old ideological barrier known as the Iron Curtain, travel restrictions have eased and Western bikers now enjoy much greater access to the roads in Eastern Europe. Even so, a tour of Ukraine and Belarus doesn't yet qualify as a care-free adventure, especially when your travel

North Dakota Roundtrip

Sep/Oct '06 Premium Content

North Dakota Roundtrip

'Throttle up and start cruising,' the North Dakota motorcycle map recommends. Sage advice I conclude while steering the Gold Wing out of the small town of Williston. The vast prairie does beckon in a beguiling manner, yet one can't help but feel a slight sense of unease upon departure.

Minnesota and N. Dakota - Classic Byways: Highway 52

May/Jun '06 Premium Content

Minnesota and N. Dakota - Classic Byways: Highway 52

We've enjoyed our few days of rest in Rochester, but the lure of the highway cannot be denied. Unable to resist, we leave the city behind and again plunge into the sea of greens and golds we've come to know as Midwest farmland. Drifting lazily along the asphalt current of

Crop Country & Chicago Skyscrapers

Mar/Apr '06 Premium Content

Crop Country & Chicago Skyscrapers

Cincinnati's morning traffic pattern is no different from any other large city. Dive in headfirst or stay out of the way, the choice is yours. Luckily, we have the luxury of exercising the latter. After lingering over coffee and giving the rush-hour loonies time to find their assigned parking stalls,

Charleston to Cincinnati

Jan/Feb '06 Premium Content

Charleston to Cincinnati

Well mama said, "Son before you goThere's something I want you to doPromise me that you won't go wrongAs you travel down Highway 52."With a map spread across our table at a rooftop bar in Charleston, South Carolina, we began calculating the daily distances of the upcoming tour. More

Lithuania: A Two-Up Tour

Nov/Dec '05 Premium Content

Lithuania: A Two-Up Tour

Slightly larger than West Virginia, Lithuania seems to have it all: huge dunes and forests, seashore, lakes, impressive architecture, and above all, a people with a strong desire for freedom. No longer hidden from the world in the gloom of the Iron Curtain, Lithuanians led the fight for independence in

Southern Minnesota

Nov/Dec '05 Premium Content

Southern Minnesota

Even though Minnesota lies halfway between the east and west coasts, it's not one of the dry prairie states. Millions of years ago, retreating glaciers took care of that, leaving more than 15,000 lakes behind. So, there's always water around the corner. Apart from that there is the Mississippi

Montenegro: Land of the Black Mountains

Jul/Aug '04 Premium Content

Montenegro: Land of the Black Mountains

Although only the size of Connecticut, the breakaway republic of Montenegro has it all for tourism - beaches and mountains, lakes and canyons. Thankfully, most of the tourists haven't caught on yet. Mount Lovcen There's a saying in Montenegro: "To be able to understand the Land of the Black Mountains,