The Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc Wisconsin is a much cooler travel destination than the name suggests. If you’re into history, especially World War II history, you are going to love this place. And if you have kids, they are…
Have Fun While Saving Florida’s Coral Reefs
Of all of the fabulous things about visiting the Florida Keys — things like sea turtle hospitals and and key lime pies and the whole Conch Republic thing — the absolutely coolest thing is the Coral Restoration Foundation. “What?” you ask…
George McGovern Legacy Museum in Mitchell, South Dakota
In watching an old Gregory Peck movie, “12 O’Clock High,” about a U.S. Army Air Force bomb squadron from WWII that flew daylight missions over Germany, I was reminded at the end of the many young heroes who flew those…
Book Towns – Hay-on-Wye Wales and Around the World
When travel takes you to a place that is one of the world’s a designated Book Towns, it would seem that those of love who love the bound, printed word would never have reason to leave. Visiting the world’s very…
Little Rock’s Central High School – Why You Need to Go
One of the best books I’ve ever read is “Warriors Don’t Cry” by Melba Pattillo Beals. It’s a little story about her freshman year in high school in Little Rock, Arkansas. Ya, we can all tell stories about those rotten…
Hank Williams and the Historic Burger Bar in Bristol, Virginia
The Burger Bar in Bristol, Virginia has been slinging burgers and fries in this small Appalachian community since 1942. And mighty fine burgers they are. But it was a late night guest on New Year’s Eve 1952 that put the…
Rapid City South Dakota – A City of Presidents
A visit to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota’s sacred Black Hills is more than a lesson in a how to carve faces on a really big mountain. It’s also a bit of a history lesson in the four presidents represented…
Adorable Dairy Cow Art with Personality in northeast Iowa
I write a lot about Iowa because 1) there are a lot of interesting stories in Iowa, and 2) there are a lot of interesting people there. I know, I married one. But one of the most interesting characters I’ve met is…
The Real Story of Winnie the Pooh and Winnipeg Canada
The most exciting thing about our trip to Winnipeg Canada was learning that Winnie the Pooh was a real bear! While Pinocchio claimed to be a real boy, he was just an animated character. But Winnie the Pooh, who never claimed…