Aboard the Long Island Ferry — Video Dispatch

On a beautiful spring day, Clay and his Airstream board the ferry from Long Island to New London, Connecticut, launching his trek, tracing John Steinbeck’s 10,000-mile Travels with Charley journey.
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Clay drops in at Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s Beloved Home on Long Island — Video Dispatch

Clay visits Sagamore Hill, Theodore Roosevelt’s home on Long Island.
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A Distant View of the Falls of Niagara by American artist, John Vanderlyn, 1804.

Pondering Thomas Jefferson at Niagara Falls

Thomas Jefferson said it is worth a trip across the Atlantic to see Niagara Falls. Although he never got there.
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Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders at Montauk Point, New York — Video Dispatch

When Theodore Roosevelt and the Rough Riders returned from their heroics in Cuba in August 1898, they were quarantined at Montauk Point at the tip of Long Island.
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The Romance of America’s Greatest Game: An Emotional Visit to the Baseball Hall of Fame

I don’t know what I expected when I drove my Airstream into Cooperstown, New York to visit the National Baseball Hall of Fame. It was an emotional day.
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May 9 / John Steinbeck, his dog Charley and his camper rig.

Visiting John Steinbeck’s Home in Sag Harbor, New York — Video Dispatch

Clay visits John Steinbeck’s Sag Harbor home where the noted author began his 1960 cross-country journey, immortalized in Travels With Charley.
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Witnessing the Astounding Diversity of America in 24 Hours

A whirlwind journey takes Clay from Bismarck, N.D., to Brooklyn, N.Y., to Farmington, N.M. and a view of America’s extraordinary multiplicity.
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