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# Valle del Jerte

Valle del Jerte is a rural area east of Plasencia, Spain. It is on the eastern boundary of Extremadura with Castile and Leon.

## Understand

Restaurants, hotels, and hiking areas are found in both the villages and the agricultural parts of the valley. A reservoir to the southwest, mountain ranges to the north and south, and a mountain pass in the northeast mark the boundaries of Valle del Jerte.
There are several villages in the valley. Some of the largest villages from southwest to northeast include:
* 40.1771-5.83031 Navaconcejo
* 40.1921-5.80692 Cabazuela del Valle
* 40.2213-5.7513 Jerte
* 40.2544-5.68874 Tornavacas

## Get in

The highway N-110 connects the villages across the region with Castile and Leon (to the northeast) and Plasencia (to the southwest). As a result you will want a car to navigate this region but there are bus and train networks in nearby Plasencia.

## Get around
### By car

The best way to navigate this valley is via car, given its rural nature and minor/private roads leading to accommodation and points of interest.

## See

* 40.2922-5.740831 Calvitero. A mountain of the Sistema Central, to the north of the valley, at a height of 2,400 m (7,900 ft). (updated Jan 2025)
* 40.2028-5.7262 Puente Nuevo de Carlos V. Bridge on the Route of Carlos V dating back to the 16th century. (updated Jan 2025)
* 40.2728-5.66243 Puerto de Tornavacas, N-110 (if traveling northeast, parking is available via a turn to the right). Mountain pass to Castile and Leon at a height of 1,275 m (4,183 ft). (updated Jan 2025)

## Do

* 40.219887-5.6983981 Garganta de los Infiernos, N-110, Km 368, ☏ +34 927 014 936, ci.garganta@juntaex.es. A nature reserve in the far west of the Sierra de Gredos, with an area of 7000 hectares. The 40.2057-5.77192 Nature Reserve Visitor Center is at the entrance to the park with parking available. (updated Jan 2025)

## Eat

* 40.2071-5.78221 El Castillo, N-110, Km 368, 5, Cabezuela del Valle, ☏ +34 927 492 379, belenmahillo@gmail.com. Traditional cuisine with a varied menu. (updated Jan 2025)
* 40.1334-5.87922 Garza Real, C/ Piscinas, 12, Valdastillas, ☏ +34 626 982 784. Restaurant with rentals available. (updated Jan 2025)

## Sleep

* 40.1119-5.94711 Alameda del Jerte, Ctra. de El Torno, km 6, ☏ +34 656 866 424, alameda@alamedadeljerte.com. Rural apartments surrounded by farms and the Rio Jerte. (updated Jan 2025)
* 40.1834-5.82582 Casa Valeriana, Paraje Nogaledas, Navaconcejo, ☏ +34 644 255 025, contacto@casavaleriana.es. Tourist apartments in the hills north of Navaconcejo. (updated Jan 2025)
* 40.1795-5.82173 Casas Rurales en el Jerte, Paraje El Tumba, ☏ +34 607 497 961. Rural tourist properties available for booking. East of Navaconcejo. (updated Jan 2025)
* 40.1352-5.90764 Hotel Balneario, Carretera Nacional 110, Km 383, ☏ +34 927 633 000, info@balneariovalledeljerte.com. Rural villa with restaurant, cafeteria, and buffet. (updated Jan 2025)

## Go next

* Continuing to follow N-110 to the northeast across the pass will lead you into Castile and Leon.
* Following N-110 to the southwest will lead you to Plasencia.
# Dead Cities

The Dead Cities are a dispersed collection of world heritage-listed in Northwestern Syria. These Roman and Early Christian towns towns once formed part of Antioch. They have long since been abandoned but make an interesting stop for tourists.

## Understand

Northwestern Syria has numerous ruins spanning recorded history:
* Al Bara boasts pyramidal tombs and formerly grand archways set on modern farm land.
* Serjilla is another famous dead city
* The Simeon Stylites site is often included on tours of the region.

## Get in

Both Serjilla and Al Bara are reachable from Aleppo (or Hama) by a combination of taking regular public microbuses and hitchhiking the last stretch. Take a microbus to the city of Ma'aret an Nu'man, and switch to another microbus headed for Kafranbel from there.
Once there, its probably best to ask for walking directions, and start walking the road to Serjillah. Try waving down any vehicle that goes in the same direction, chances are very good they will offer you a ride free of charge.
The same approach works for the way back, and anyone taking you for a ride is likely to drop you off somewhere on the microbus route. Make sure to head back in time though, these microbusses cease operation as early as 16:00.
The Simeon Monastery can be reached in similar fashion from Aleppo. Take a microbus for Daret'Azze and walk/hitch a ride from there.
Aleppo has several bus stations closely laid out in a cluster, and it can be a daunting task to find the correct point of departure for your destination. The best source of information are people that work at the stations (food and drink vendors, drivers). Some will try to sell you an expensive chartered vehicle ride, but many are helpful and will point you in the right direction.

## See

* 36.38333336.91 Barad (براد). (updated Jan 2025)
* 36.33333336.8666672 Basufan (باصوفان). (updated Jan 2025)
* 36.30583336.8872223 Batuta (باطوطة). (updated Jan 2025)
* 36.74416736.9591674 Cyrrhus. (updated Jan 2025)
* 36.33416736.8441675 Church of Saint Simeon Stylites (كنيسة مار سمعان العمودي) (30 miles outside of Aleppo). A church built in 490 AD and World Heritage Site that was dedicated to the famous hermit, St Simeon the Stylite. This church was built around the pillar on which Simeon lived and prayed and became a major centre of pilgrimage. The church was heavily damaged by an air strike in 2015. (updated Oct 2017)
* 35.79805636.7986116 Ebla (إيبلا). A city from circa 2500 BCE (updated Jan 2025)
* 35.692536.4852787 Serjilla (سيرجيلة). Christian community from the 5th century CE. (updated Jan 2025)
* 36.31638936.9005568 Surqaniya. (updated Jan 2025)
* 36.2930736.798849 Zarzita (زرزيتا). (updated Jan 2025)
* 36.19930636.69291710 Babisqa (بابسقا). (updated Jan 2025)
* 36.20583336.65944411 Baqirha. (updated Jan 2025)

## Stay safe

Travel to Syria is very dangerous. See the main Syria page for details.
# Centerville (Iowa)

Centerville is in South Central Iowa.

## Get around

* 40.6844-92.90111 Centerville Municipal Airport (TVK ). General aviation airport. No scheduled passenger service. (updated Aug 2020)

## See

* 40.733772-92.8744691 Appanoose County Courthouse. (updated Oct 2020)
* 40.736944-92.8738892 Appanoose County Sheriff's House and Jail. (updated Oct 2020)
* 40.732222-92.8744443 United States Post Office. Former post office building, now a museum. (updated Oct 2020)
* 40.7326-92.874494 Appanoose County Historical and Coal Mining Museum, 100 West Maple (1 block from the main square), ☏ +1 641-856-8040, appanoosehistory@yahoo.com. Inside the Historic Old Post Office Building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, the museum contains many artifacts and details of the Pancake Day Festival. School yearbooks, a scan of the Centerville Iowegian, the former local newspaper, and many items of the history of coal mining. (updated Jan 2025)

## Connect

* 40.731944-92.8722221 Drake Public Library. (updated Oct 2020)
# Djougou

Djougou is a city of 268,000 people (2013) in Northern Benin.

## Understand

It is located about 380 km from Cotonou, and 40 km from the Togolese border, at the gates of the Atacora massif.

## Get in

Djougou is a major hub of transportation and communication. It acts as a crossroads of trade and travel, and is easily accessible during the entire year. There are four major roads that intersect to form the city’s center—the roads to Cotonou, Parakou, Natitingou, and the Ouake/Togolese border.
There are bus connections from Parakou, Natitingou, and Cotonou. The 7-hour trip to Cotonou costs 6,000 CFA, to Natitingou 3,000 CFA and to Parakou also 3,000 CFA.

## Get around

A day trip to visit the huge market in the little village Ouaké which is situated directly to the border of Togo. The market is each Tuesday and offers a lot of Beninish and imported goods.

## Buy

The grand marché in Djougou is held every 4 days, but the market area is open every day. Djougou hosts the largest market in the area.

## Connect

Cell phone communication is very consistent in Djougou, and all major carriers have service in the area pretty much all of the time. Internet communication is also available in the cyber cafes and in some office buildings, although the connection is not always reliable.
# Central South (Bahia)

The Central South is an inland region in the state of Bahia in Brazil. It is famous for being the centre of the diamond rush in the 19th century.

## Cities

* -14.203889-41.6651 Brumado — draw visitors to the mountainous landscapes of Serra das Éguas
* -12.562778-41.392 Lençóis — this charming city with cobblestone streets serves as a "base camp" of visitors setting out to explore the Chapada Diamantina National Park
* -12.528889-41.5588893 Palmeiras — the main hub for Vale do Capão and the Chapada Diamantina National Park
* -12.75287-41.47824 Vale do Capão — a valley and a village in the Chapada Diamantina National Park
* -14.865833-40.8388895 Vitória da Conquista — among the coldest cities in the Northeast Region of Brazil, it hosts the Bahia Winter Festival

## Other destinations

* -12.880278-41.3722221 Chapada Diamantina National Park — its many rivers make incredible waterfalls as they fall off the vertical walls of the mountains. The vegetation is of open grassy fields with isolated trees (similar to the African savannah) with some thicker vegetation along the rivers.
# Pickerington

Pickerington is a city in Fairfield and Franklin Counties, Southeast Ohio. It is a suburb of Columbus.

## Understand

Pickerington is also known by locals as Picktown and The Violet City.

## Get in
### By Car

I70 and SR 256 pass through Pickerington

## See

* 39.9338-82.78341 The Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, 13515 Yarmouth Dr, ☏ +1 614-856-1900, toll-free: +1-800-262-5646.
* 39.88384-82.753472 Olde Carnegie Library Museum (Pickerington-Violet Township Historical Society). Includes native American weapons and 1800s memorabilia.

## Do

* Picktown Palooza (Formerly the Violet Festival), 520 Hill Road N, ☏ +1 614-379-2099, info@picktownpalooza.org. July.
* Marcus Theatres Pickerington UltraScreen.
* Friday Flicks. In the summer, movies are shown every Friday in Sycamore Park Amphitheater, projected on the side of a barn. Movies begin at dark, and admission is free. Bring a blanket or lawn chair. (updated Jun 2023)
* 39.8859-82.80281 Pickerington Ponds. (updated Dec 2018)

## Eat

* La Fagota Grill, 1849 Winderly Ln, ☏ +1 614 864-9154. Su–Th 11AM-10PM, F Sa 11AM-11PM.
* 39.88413-82.752321 Olde Village Diner, 46 E Columbus St, ☏ +1 614-834-0355. (updated Dec 2018)

## Sleep

* Country Inn & Suites East, 2806 Taylor Road EXT (I-70 Exit 112), ☏ +1 614 861-8888. Check-in: 3PM, check-out: noon. Charming décor and comfortable amenities. Off Interstate 70. (updated Sep 2020)
* $^{[deadlink]}$ Best Western Executive Suites, 1899 Winderly Lane, ☏ +1 614 860-9804. A three-star hotel.

## Connect

* 39.8749-82.75861 Pinkerington Public Library, 201 Opportunity Way, ☏ +1 614-837-4104. (updated Dec 2018)
# Freetown (Massachusetts)

Freetown is a rural town on the Assonet River in the SouthCoast region of Massachusetts. It includes the villages of East Freetown and Assonet.

## Do

* 41.7793-71.0421 Freetown-Fall River State Forest, ☏ +1 508 644-5522. Slab Bridge Rd., Assonet. Near the main entrance is a day-use area, with a wading pool, picnic area, and restrooms. The rest of the 5400 acre forest offers 50 miles of unpaved roads and trails for horseback riding, cross country skiing, and mountain biking. Seasonal motorcycle and snowmobile users are welcome, as are hunters and fishermen in season. Rattlesnake Brook is stocked with brook trout each spring. The Forest also includes the 227 acre Watuppa Reservation, the site of annual tribal meetings of the Wampanoag Nation, which belongs to that tribe. Profile Rock, a 50-foot outcropping, shows a profile of what the Wampanoags believe to be Chief Massasoit.

### Events

* Lakeside Family Festival (St. John Neumann Church), 157 Middleboro Rd, ☏ +1 508-763-2240. Amusement rides, game booths, food, flea market. wheel chair accessibility. (updated Nov 2022)

## Eat

* Harry's Diner, 63b So. Main St., +1 508-644-3339. (lunch/dinner)
# Alexandra (New Zealand)

Alexandra is a town in the Central Otago district of the Otago region of New Zealand. It is on the banks of the Clutha River (at the confluence of the Manuherikia River), on State Highway 8, 188 km by road from Dunedin and 33 km south of Cromwell. It has a population of 6,150 as of June 2024.

## Understand

* -45.255688169.3925621 Alexandra Information Centre, 4 Centennial Avenue, ☏ +64 3 448 8871. M-Sa 8:30AM-5:30PM, Sa Su 8:45AM-5:30PM. Visitor centre for local information.

## Get in
### By bus

Alexandra is served by Intercity coaches as a stop on Dunedin - Queenstown routes.

## Get around
### By bike

* -45.250438169.3868131 Altitude Bikes, 88 Centennial Avenue (in Henderson Cycle & Mower Centre), ☏ +64273692624, info@altitudebikes.co.nz. Mountain bikes and e-bikes rentals, and shuttle services. Alternatively, you can go to Clyde, where there are more shops to hire bikes. Mountain bikes half day $50, full day $60; E-bikes half day $105, full day $120. (updated Jan 2025)

## See

* -45.25414169.391831 Central Stories, 21 Centennial Ave (in Pioneer Park, near the town centre). Daily (except 25 Dec) 10AM–4PM. The museum and art gallery for Central Otago. (updated Dec 2015)
* -45.2585169.39062 Alexandra bridges. The piers of the old suspension bridge built in 1882 can still be seen, but the deck has been removed. The new bridge is a steel truss bridge on SH8, built in 1958. (updated Oct 2016)
* -45.1907169.32143 Clyde. A town 10 km west (centre to centre), a non-touristy alternative to Arrowtown. Clyde is on the Clutha River and has a population of 918. The town features a dam with impressive scenery, which is the main draw of the town. From the Clyde Lookout, you can have an overlook of the historic goldfields. (updated Dec 2024)
* -45.25375169.401254 Clock On The Hill, Little Valley Road, Bridge Hill. A huge clock on the hill above town, reached by car or on foot (via a walking track). (updated Jan 2025)

## Buy

* -45.24992169.387451 New World Supermarket, 89 Centennial Ave. Daily 8AM–8PM. (updated Oct 2016)
* -45.25324169.394732 Four Square Supermarket, 91 Tarbert Street. Daily 7AM–10PM (opens 7:30AM on Sun). (updated Oct 2016)

## Eat

* -45.2561169.39261 Amigos Alexandra, 66 Tarbert Street, Bridge Hill, ☏ +64 3 448 5974, alexandra@amigos.co.nz. Daily noon–late. Spicy mid-range Mexican with a $6 soft Taco Tuesday in the town's former post office. (updated Jul 2024)

## Go next

* Cromwell
# Classic Heartland of Georgia

Georgia's Classic Heartland is at the center of the U.S. state.

## Cities

* 32.067222-84.2347221 Americus — close to some truly significant artifacts of American history
* 33.955278-83.3830562 Athens — college town home of the University of Georgia
* 33.47-81.9753 Augusta — home of the Masters Annual Golf Tournament
* 32.492222-84.9402784 Columbus — Georgia's third largest city and home to the original Coca-Cola
* 33.6664-84.00755 Conyers
* 31.9642-83.77726 Cordele
* 32.55-83.88337 Fort Valley
* 33.2936-83.96258 Jackson
* 33.03929-85.031339 LaGrange — old mill town in West Georgia. Gateway to Lake West Point and home to LaGrange College.
* 32.0497-84.795810 Lumpkin — includes the Providence Canyon Conservation Park
* 32.84069-83.632411 Macon — city in the middle of the state, famous for the Cherry Blossom Festival
* 33.080269-83.23209812 Milledgeville — historic city and former capital of Georgia
* 32.033611-84.39333313 Plains — site of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Park
* 32.6086-83.638114 Warner Robins
* 32.8886-84.6815 Warm Springs

## Other destinations

* 33.5-83.31 Oconee National Forest

## Get in
### By plane

* Augusta Regional Airport (AGS) (in Augusta).
* Middle Georgia Regional Airport (MCN) (in Macon).
* Atlanta Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta is close and has more services.

## See

Some highlights of the Classic Heartland of Georgia include the Callaway Gardens and Little White House Historic Site that was Franklin Delano Roosevelt's retreat near Warm Springs, the Museum of Aviation near Warner Robins, the Old Governor's Mansion in Milledgeville, the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus, and the Jimmy Carter and Andersonville National Historic Sites, the latter being a testament to some of the darkest privations this country has endured.
* 33.4175-83.38811 Rock Eagle Effigy Mounds (and adjacent Rock Hawk Effigy Mound, north of Eatonton)

## Go next

* Historic High Country
* Metro Atlanta
* Plantation Midlands
# Plains (Georgia)

Plains is a small town in Georgia which is best-known as the home of the 39th United States president Jimmy Carter.

## Understand

The town has a population of fewer than 600 people, and despite a history of cotton and peanut cultivation, held little importance prior to Jimmy Carter's election as Georgia governor and, later, as president. The newfound fame of the town led to the creation of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Park to preserve the Carter family's ties to the town. Billy Carter's Service Station (Billy Carter was Jimmy Carter's younger brother), the Plains Depot, and Jimmy Carter's boyhood farm were incorporated into the historic park and have transformed the town into a center for historical tourism.
Plains has a continental subtropical climate with hot, humid summers and cool winters.

## Get in
### By car

US-280 connects Plains from Americus, a town to the east of Plains.

## See

* 32.036505-84.3925491 Jimmy Carter National Historic Park, 300 N Bond St (one block north of E Church St on N Bond St), ☏ +1 229 824-4104. Main visitor center 10AM-4PM. Preserves sites associated with Jimmy Carter. The park is spread out with small sites all around the town, but the main site is the former high school (now a museum) north of downtown across the railroad tracks. Free. (updated Jan 2025)
** 32.0342-84.39372 Billy Carter's Service Station, 104 E Church St. Former Standard Oil station converted into a museum. (updated Jan 2025)
** 32.04175-84.392283 Jimmy Carter Peanut Statue, 114 US-45 N. Statue of a smiling peanut, installed during Carter's 1976 presidential campaign by the Democratic Party. (updated Jan 2025)
** 32.03338-84.39424 Plains Depot, 107 Main St. 9AM-4:30PM daily. Built in 1888, it was the headquarters of Carter’s 1977 campaign. It’s now a museum focusing on his campaigns for State Senate, Governor, and President. Parking available during daylight hours. (updated Jan 2025)
** 32.026-84.43365 The Boyhood Home & Farm, 402 Old Plains Hwy. Carter's childhood home west of Plains, with parking and restrooms available onsite. (updated Jan 2025)
* 32.0435-84.38076 Plains Visitors Center, 1763 US-280 W (drive east from Plains on US-280), ☏ +1 229 824-7477. (updated Jan 2025)

## Eat

* 32.0334-84.39311 Buffalo Cafe, 118 Main St, ☏ +1 229 824-4520. Run as a nonprofit by the Friends of Jimmy Carter, with affordable American-style cuisine. (updated Jan 2025)
* 32.0335-84.39282 Plain Peanuts, 128 Main St, ☏ +1 229 824-3462. You can buy at their general store or even order to ship. (updated Jan 2025)

## Sleep

* 32.0333-84.39341 Plains Historic Inn & Antiques Mall, 106 Main St, ☏ +1 229 824-4517. Hotel with historically furnished rooms representing different decades of the 20th century. (updated Jan 2025)

## Go next

* Americus is a larger town a few miles to the east.
* East Atlanta, 160 mi (260 km) north, is the home of the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
# Franklin and Southampton County

Franklin and Southampton County are a statistical region in Central Virginia made up by Franklin, an independent city with around 8,500 citizens, and Southampton County, a county just short of 20,000 citizens.

## Settlements

* Franklin
* Boykins
* Branchville
* Capron
* Courtland, the county seat
* Ivor
* Newsoms

## Understand

Some of the most famous fugitives from slavery were born in this county; see transatlantic slave trade and Black Belt for context.
* John Brown (c.1810 – 1876, not to be confused with the namesake abolitionist) is known for his 1855 memoir Slave Life in Georgia: A Narrative of the Life, Sufferings, and Escape of John Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Now in England.
* Anthony W. Gardiner became the ninth President of Liberia
* Dred Scott was subject to the Dredd Scott decision.
* Nat Turner led the Nat Turner rebellion.
# Stone County (Mississippi)

Stone County is a county in the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Wiggins is the largest and only incorporated city in the county. Aside from its close ties with the timber industry, its early 20th century past is littered with the accounts of lynchings and mob rule, though now people are generally caught up in the Pine Hill Festival in late April each year.

## Understand

Villages:
* 30.7075-89.1383331 McHenry
* 30.782222-89.1380562 Perkinston
* 30.858611-89.1377783 Wiggins

## Get in

The only main artery is U.S. Highway 49, south from Hattiesburg and north from Gulfport.

## Get around

Being a rural community, no public transportation is available.

## See

* 30.87241-89.1278281 Flint Creek Water Park, 1216 Parkway Dr , Wiggins (On Hwy 29), ☏ +1 601 928-3051. Centered around a 600-acre lake, stocked with bass, bream, crappie and catfish. Other activities include boating (rentals available), water skiing, and swimming. Flint Creek's Water Town offers multiple waterslides, including four giant ones for the adults, and is open most of the year. There is plenty of camping available in the form of tent/rv spots, cabins, and camphouses. There is also a nature trail for hikers, and a picnic area with grills and tables. On the fourth of July, the park runs its annual fireworks display. A "haunted forest" is put on every year the Saturday before Halloween. (updated Dec 2021)
* The Old Firehouse Museum, 117 First St N. W-Th 9AM-4PM. Wiggins history unfortunately includes a day in 1910 when about half of the town burned down, including most of the business district such as the railroad depot. (updated Sep 2021)

## Do

* 31.0669-88.98331 De Soto National Forest, ☏ +1 601 528-6160. 170 miles of trails on the De Soto are available for hikers, ATV riders, mountain bike riders, and horse riders. Tuxachanie Trail begins about 3 miles east of U.S. Highway 49. (updated Dec 2021)

## Buy

* The Pecan House, 441 Highway 49 (McHenry), ☏ +1 601 928-5194, toll-free: +1-800-562-0769, fax: +1 601 928-4455. Specializing in Mississippi grown pecans, in shell and shelled, and homemade pecan candies.

## Eat

* Sawmill Family Restaurant, 2205 Highway 49, ☏ +1 601 928-4041.

## Drink

While the county is dry, the city of Wiggins does allow the sale of beer (except on Sundays). Beer can be purchased at restaurants, but no there are no establishments which serve drinks only.

## Sleep

* Hampton Inn & Suites Wiggins, 1121 E Frontage Dr, ☏ +1 601 528-5255. Very business-like. (updated Sep 2021)