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Burn Out: The Crazy Cool Spectacle That is Burning Man
After a week of hijinks in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, the massive festival that is Burning Man came to a spectacular conclusion this weekend with the burning of a huge wooden effigy. Here, we take a look back at some of the highlights.
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Our Burning Man Guide: You Can Do it for $100 — or $100,000
There are a handful of ways to have the full Burning Man experience without emptying your pocket book. All information about ticket pricing and application dates can be found on the official Burning Man website. Another way to attend on a shoestring is to browse the local Burning Man events that happen year-round, for Burning Man camps that need help.
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Burn Baby Burn: Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Burning Man
“Most people get to BM via car or RV,” says Michael Henderson, a fourteen-year veteran of the Burn, who works at a large, well-known investment bank. “I remember a story of a guy that left one year before the event and bicycled from Argentina to The Playa,” says Jon La Grace, also a co-founder of Play)A(Skool. The biggest challenge about Burning Man is actually making the decision to go.
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The Aliens Are Coming! 7 Places to Spot a UFO
Kim Carlsberg is a UFO researcher who facilitates nightly sky tours in the area. Dundee experiences so many UFO sightings that locals host an event every July called “UFO Daze,” to talk about their sightings. Forget Route 66, Highway 375 is the place to get your kicks! Nicknamed “Extraterrestrial Highway,” this stretch of road in Rachel—located just 25 miles south of Nevada’s infamous “Area 51”—is a hot bed for alien activity.
