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Allensworth, California | Wayne Hsieh/Flickr

The Little-Known History of California’s Only Black-Founded Town

“To seek out America’s Black history is to unwittingly assume the role of archeologist and detective—so many of our stories have been buried or tossed aside, waiting for a patient explorer to unearth them. Such is the case with America’s Black-founded towns, which sprang up in the Reconstruction Era following the Civil War, a product of

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The Insider’s Guide to Getting Lost on the Venice Boardwalk

“Like the rest of the city, the Venice Boardwalk has changed tremendously since its glory days as a retreat for artists, hippies, and counterculture movements in the 1960s and ‘70s. There was even a moment where we sincerely worried that we’d lose the iconic two-mile-stretch to Silicon Beach start-ups. Yet even as the neighborhood has contended with

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The Ultimate Tequila Trail Travel Guide

“Traditionally Mexican, agave-based spirits like tequila and mezcal are enjoying a global boom in popularity, with the latter shedding its former image as the frat boy’s booze of choice to now boasting some of the most high-end luxury brands around. As one dives into the mundo of tequila, Jalisco is the place to go to see turquoise-colored agave

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