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Architect David Sheegog’s scaled-down version, Castle Peak and Thunder Railroad, which he has been working on for about a quarter of a century, is a love letter to Disneyland and Disney animation. But it doesn’t try to re-create the theme park, per se: An equal number of miniatures reference animated films as they do park attractions, some of which no longer exist; there are also references to Florida’s Walt Disney World. But like the actual park, it has enduring appeal and is never quite finished.



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Happy Valley, Pa., offers more than just college sporting events

The Centre County area of Pennsylvania also offers plenty of places to fish, kayak, hike, mountain bike, ski and bird-watch on its 750,000 acres of public lands and in its six state parks. On the Pennsylvania State University campus, home to Nittany Lions athletics, there is also an arboretum, the largest creamery in the United States, a sports museum and upcoming arts museum.

Why is Buc-ee’s so beloved? We went Beaver Nugget shopping to find out.

The supersized gas station and convenience store chain with award-winning bathrooms, now located in about 50 locations in seven states, is “a travel center, not a truck stop,” said Charlie Creech, the general manager of what is currently the nation’s largest Buc-ee’s, in Sevierville, Tenn. “We’re mostly for traveling families.”

‘Crazy’ plans in Mineral Wells could bring health-seeking tourists to Texas

Recently designated the Wellness Capital of Texas, the sleepy town, 80 miles west of Dallas, is waking up. In a few years, the town, named for the mineral water found underground, could become a renewed tourist destination with the opening of a new upscale restaurant and the reopening of two old hotels. Rose Jordan, director of tourism for the Mineral Wells Area Chamber of Commerce and CVB, said the target tourist — a “wellness traveler” who’s the present-day version of the people who visited Mineral Wells 150 years ago — seeks healthy food and experiences in nature.

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