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August 24, 2026
Two trips worth bookmarking
No new articles this week, so we're surfacing two pieces that hold up regardless of when you read them. One is a running list of day trips from Rochester that most people haven't considered yet. The other is a ground-level guide to Barcelona's Gothic Quarter — the things that don't make the top-10 lists but shape the whole experience.
10 Underrated Day Trips from Rochester, NY You Haven't Thought Of Yet
Taughannock Falls, at 215 feet, is taller than Niagara — and most Rochesterians have never been.
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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