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July 20, 2026
Two places worth going back to
Some places don't age. Ithaca on a Saturday morning — gorges, farmers market, the whole ritual — is one of them. Barcelona's Gothic Quarter is another: a neighborhood that looks better the longer you wander it, and worse the faster you try to see it. Two different trips, same idea.
Ithaca as a Day Trip from Rochester: Gorges, Farmers Market, and Why It Never Gets Old
Taughannock Falls plunges 215 feet — taller than Niagara's Horseshoe Falls by nearly 50 feet — and most people driving through the Finger Lakes have never heard of it.
Barcelona's Gothic Quarter: What Nobody Tells You Before You Go
Four Corinthian columns from the Roman Temple of Augustus, nearly 2,000 years old, stand in a hidden courtyard off Carrer Paradís — most visitors walk right past the entrance and never see them.
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