With each day bringing new closures and cancellations as we work together as a nation to slow the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19), it’s natural to feel a little anxious. If you had to cancel a long-awaited vacation, school trip or spring break getaway, you…
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Kennedy Space Center, located on Merritt Island, Florida is absolutely brimming with energy from its hundreds of attentive visitors. Part of the reason for the turn out is certainly due to it being a tourist attraction in a warm climate, but that alone does not…
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By far this has to be my favorite train ride ever! The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) is a 3 ft narrow-gauge heritage railroad that operates 45.2 miles of track between Durango and Silverton, Colorado along the Animas River. The route to Silverton…
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Fallingwater ~ Have you ever been inspired or even a bit envious of someone else’s home? If you have, then this is the home that should be on your must-see list. When I visited Fallingwater I thought it was going to just be a look…
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The Henry Ford and Greenfield Village is a unique museum complex with both indoor and outdoor exhibits in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan. It is the largest museum of its kind in the United States with close to 1.8 million visitors annually and a…
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Museum Quick Stop ~ The National Museum of the United States Air Force requires a day or more to properly take in all the exhibits but as it was a travel day for me I was only able to get a taste of what it…
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Architectural Quick Stop ~ Visiting the Frederick C. Robie House on the campus of the University of Chicago in the neighborhood of Hyde Park in Chicago, Illinois can be a quick excursion to view one of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s designed homes. This National…
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If you are looking for inspiring American architecture and stories of romantic intrigue, murder, and blazing destruction, Taliesin has it all. Taliesin, sometimes known as Taliesin North was the estate of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The estate is located south of the village of…
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As I am a third-generation descended from Swedish immigrants on my maternal side I wanted to connect with my nordic heritage by visiting the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The American Swedish Institute is a museum and cultural center dedicated to the preservation and…
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Photo Opp ~ The Memorial Chapel at Lakewood is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and serves as the architectural focal point of Lakewood Cemetery. The building was modeled after the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey. The chapel interior was created by New…
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Photo Opp ~ The Chapel of the Transfiguration is a small log chapel in Grand Teton National Park, in the community of Moose, Wyoming. The chapel was sited and built to frame a view of the Teton Range, Cathedral Group of peaks in a large…
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Museum Quick Stop ~ The Evergreen Museum is located in McMinnville, Oregon about an hour southwest of Portland in a semi-rural area dotted with organic farms and craft breweries. The Museum is comprised of two buildings dedicated to aviation and the other to space. The…
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