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5 Extreme Trips to Consider

National parks and other places that are the hottest, wettest, biggest or highest of their kind

by Eric Peterson, Frommer's, March 8, 2013

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En español | The word "extreme" might conjure visions of a snowboarder whizzing wildly down the slopes with a spray of powder in his wake. Give him a wide berth. There are plenty of places in the U.S. where you can experience the extreme — as in "reaching a high or the highest degree" — without getting dusted by snowboarders or risking injury. Here are five extremely cool examples: … Back to Article