Beyond Carhenge: The Jewels of Nebraska's Highway 2
This year marks our home state of Nebraska's 150th anniversary! To celebrate, Carson put together a list of the "The Jewels of Highway 2" for USA TODAY.
Read MoreThe Independent Bookstores Every Booklover Should Visit in the U.S.
I'll be honest. As a writer, I'm not a huge fan of spending my time on lists. But when you've traveled the country, you mentally accrue material like this whether you're trying to or not. And hey, if you have to write a list, what's a better theme than "The Independent Bookstores Every Booklover Should Visit in the U.S.?"
Read MoreLocal Color XC on KEXL 97.5
Mel talks on-air with Jeffrey Steffan at 97.5 about our year-long road trip, and takes a trip down memory lane -- she was an intern at KEXL in 2006!
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For reasons we can't quite figure out, Cleveland gets a bad wrap--but we loved it. There's something about this rust belt city that felt more authentic - and much less whitewashed - than so many other cities we've toured on our yearlong adventure.
Read MoreLocal Color XC in Tiny House Magazine
We were recently interviewed by Tiny House Magazine about our experience living in Elsie, our 120-square-foot trailer and traveling the U.S. We cover everything from remodeling our THOW to living on the road, so if you've got any lingering questions about our lifestyle, start here.
Read MoreLocal Color XC in USA Today
The Ocean State was good to us. Read up on our latest adventures in USA Today!
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Until we hit Richmond, our journey had been (relatively) conflict free. That all came to an abrupt halt in a city we were dying to see again, when it seemed like everything that could go wrong with Elsie, did go wrong with Elsie.
Read MoreLocal Color XC in USA TODAY
I could have written about West Virginia from 30 different angles, but in the end, I focused on two state treasures: pepperoni rolls, and West Virginia short story writer Breece D'J Pancake.
Read MoreLOCAL COLOR XC IN ROADS & KINGDOMS
It seemed like a good way to kill two birds with one stone: make sure the trailer was road-ready and running on all cylinders, and finally give the Western Hemisphere's largest man-made forest its due.
Read MoreLocal Color XC on Omaha's 93.3 The Wolf
Earlier this week, we had a chance to chat with radio DJ Ritch Cassidy over at 93.3 The Wolf. Ritch caught a replay of our HGTV Tiny House Hunters episode and wanted to get in touch to chat about how we're surviving on the road so far.
Read MoreLocal Color XC in USA Today
In Carson's fourth installment for USA Today, he shared a somewhat embarrassing story involving me and our first trip to Asheville.
Read MoreLocal Color XC Reports on the Peabody Duck March for Audubon
Carson recently shared a recap of our time in Tennessee, so it's only fitting that we follow up on his promise of further explaining the famous Peabody Duck March.
Read MoreLocal Color XC in USA Today
When USA TODAY greenlit my story on Savannah, GA, I stared at my cursor for two days before writing a single word, thinking about Spanish Moss.
Read MoreLocal Color XC on HGTV's Tiny House Hunters
Watch our episode of HGTV's Tiny House Hunters on Monday, March 28!
Read MoreLocal Color XC in Travel + Leisure
For his first official Local Color XC interview, Carson met up with author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Philip Caputo at the Wagon Wheel Saloon in Patagonia, AZ.
Read MoreLocal Color XC in USA Today
For his second "Road Trip USA" installment for USA TODAY, Carson chose to write about our experience in Port Arthur, a city that produces nearly a million barrels of crude oil a day and yet, somehow, shows no signs of prosperity.
Read MoreLocal Color XC in USA Today
Local Color XC featured in the USA Today travel section!
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