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Kayaking with the manatees in Crystal River, Florida. (Handout photo)
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In an effort to be a better tourist, I chose not to swim with manatees, but to kayak with them instead

February 4, 2025February 4, 2025 Mark Stachiew

For years, one of the items on my travel bucket list was to swim with manatees in Florida, but the more I researched the topic,

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Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge founder Tanya Smith. (handout photo)
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America’s big cat sanctuaries are still cleaning up after the Tiger King

September 19, 2024February 11, 2025 Mark Stachiew

 If you were watching TV during pandemic lockdown, chances are you were enthralled by the outrageous adventures of the Tiger King, Joe Exotic. The titular

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Looking east from the observation deck of the St. Louis Arch (Photo by Mark Stachiew)
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The soaring St. Louis Arch is impressive to look at, but the view from the top is even more spectacular

July 24, 2024October 22, 2024 Mark Stachiew

I was familiar enough with the St. Louis Arch to know it was the city’s most famous landmark, but it wasn’t until I visited for

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Prairie dogs may be a pest to farmers, but to tourists, they are the cutest thing ever. (Photo by Mark Stachiew)
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Go to Lubbock for Buddy Holly, but stay for the prairie dogs

June 10, 2024November 19, 2024 Mark Stachiew

The Texas panhandle city of Lubbock is famous as the birthplace of the late Rock & Roll legend Buddy Holly, but one of the city’s

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I am obsessed with Nashville’s other culinary masterpiece: The Goo Goo Cluster

April 1, 2024October 24, 2024 Mark Stachiew

Nashville might be famous for its hot chicken and barbecue, but one of the city’s most outstanding culinary inventions that flies completely under the radar

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Dungeons & Dragon’s unlikely Wisconsin birthplace is gearing up to celebrate the game’s 50th anniversary

March 25, 2024October 24, 2024 Mark Stachiew

To mark this year’s 50th anniversary of the creation of the massively popular roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, efforts are underway in Lake Geneva, the

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8 exciting destinations to experience October’s ‘Great American Eclipse’

August 25, 2023December 9, 2023 Mark Stachiew

Solar eclipses are such special events that umbraphiles travel the world to experience them. This October 14, they’ll gather across the United States and parts

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Blue Jays spring-training home of Dunedin, Florida ready to welcome Canadian visitors again

May 11, 2021May 11, 2021 Mark Stachiew

If you’re a Toronto Blue Jays fan, you won’t be able to see them play any home games until the COVID situation in Ontario improves,

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Mark Stachiew has been exploring the world and writing about it for more than 30 years. His travel stories have appeared in numerous newspapers, magazines and online publications in Canada, the United States and beyond.

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    As seen in the light-polluted night skies over Mon As seen in the light-polluted night skies over Montreal in recent weeks: the Ring Nebula, the Needle Galaxy and the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules.
    Getting the cottage ready for summer 58 on the lak Getting the cottage ready for summer 58 on the lake.
    I’m not sure when the last day was that we saw t I’m not sure when the last day was that we saw the sun, but the crabapple blossoms don’t care.
    Globular clusters don’t get the love that galaxi Globular clusters don’t get the love that galaxies and nebulae do, but I think these stellar nurseries are cool. This one is Messier 3 in Canes  Venatici.
    I haven't been taking many deep-sky photos lately I haven't been taking many deep-sky photos lately because it's usually cloudy 9 days out of 10, but I tried reprocessing this photo of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M101) and I think it's much improved from my previous effort. What always amazes me about galaxy photos is that when you look closely, you can see other tiny galaxies photobombing the image. There are at least three others that I can see here!
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