Contributor, Karen Cummings, found this video that flashed through 50 or 60 or so locations in as many seconds. I find it fascinating at how recognizable these sights are at only a glance. Next, Grandma gets special Christmas service from TSA and finally Ryanair's flight attendants strut their stuff. (If you don't like scantily clad flight attendants and fawning photographers, don't bother watching.)

You can't find many places further from somewhere else than Elko, Nevada. This city of about 20,000 sits halfway between Salt Lake City and Reno; 230 miles from the former and 288 miles along one of the loneliest highways in America from the latter. It is also home to the controversial National Cowboy Poetry Gathering that takes place this year from January 30 to February 4, 2012.