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Thursday, April 19, 2012

PHOTOS: America's Best Small Towns

Smithsonian Magazine released its picks for the 20 best small towns in America in the May issue.

The editors did't leave it up to personal favorites across the country, though. They enlisted geographic information systems company Esri to search its data base for towns in the lower 48 with high concentrations of cultural attractions that are more common in bigger cities, but only in places with a population of under 25,000.

Did your hometown make the list?

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