Michigan isn’t typically a drive-through state that you happen to explore on your way to somewhere else. Surrounded on most sides by the Great Lakes, getting to Michigan generally feels like an off-the-beaten-path destination. Situated on the shores of Lake…
Amy Piper
Amy Piper
Amy Piper is a travel writer and photographer. Bomb-sniffing dogs chased her in the middle of the night in Bogota, gate agents refused her boarding to Paraguay (wrong visa), and Federal Marshalls announced her seat on a plane looking for a murder suspect (traded places.) It’s always an adventure! Follow her adventures at www.FollowthePiper.com.
Located in the Flint Hills region of the Great Plains, in north-central Kansas, Abilene sits at the intersection of I-70 and K-15, about 94 miles north of Wichita. With a population of barely 6,000, Abilene has earned a place on…
Indiana is a small-town mecca, and Hendricks County is no exception. It includes 11 towns of varying sizes, but all small—no cities, no mayors, just small burghs. Though these towns may be small, their flavors are big. Should you be…