Is there some kind of invisible force that draws us back, over and over, to a certain vacation spot? To the place we eventually decide to settle? And is it stronger perhaps on the 45th Parallel? I ...

GAYLORD -- Visit Northwoods Harley-Davidson in Gaylord, and you'll pass under a curious sign that reads "45th Parallel. Halfway there." of Michigan. You're also atop an imaginary line marking the ...

I’ve always had trouble grasping large outdoor spaces. If I am standing in a field, for example, and someone says, “It’s just over that ridge and at the bottom of a slope that descends for 11 miles,” ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — The 45th Parallel is an imaginary line encircling Earth halfway between the North Pole and the equator, and it’s never moved. But tell that to all the tourists in Yellowstone National ...

ATLANTA, Mich. — Sometime around 1970, a geography club marked a route across Michigan called the Polar-Equator Trail. The Michigan Legislature declared it a major tourist attraction. The Detroit Free ...