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What's New
Close to home: 51 fresh summer destinations May 22, 2008 As Memorial Day Weekend kicks off summer road-trip season, high gas prices may be prompting travelers to stay closer to home. With that in mind, USA TODAY's travel staff uncovered one new event or attraction in each state to enliven vacationers' warm-weather travels — no matter where they live. Illinois An over-the-top water park with a Down Under flavor flows into Yorkville with the mid-June opening of Raging Waves. Billed as the state's largest water park, the Australian-themed attraction covers 45 acres and features splashy options as a three-story head-spinning contraption called The Tornado, 18 slides, a wave pool, a raft ride and massive replicas of marsupials. |