You’re sipping a mai tai as the sun dips below the horizon, painting the sky in shades of pink and gold. The sound of waves ...

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This is certainly one of the most beautiful places on earth, I thought, sitting on the beach at Hale Lake in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. It was midnight and I was staring at the moon set in a clear ...