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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Photo Opp ~ Chugging into the sugar pines of the Sierra National Forest near Yosemite is always a treat to satisfy my love for old railroads especially ones with steam locomotives. The Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad is a historic narrow-gauge railroad with two operating…
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Photo Opp ~ The Manitou and Pikes Peak Cog Railway is an Abt rack cog tourist railway located in Manitou Springs, Colorado. The railroad climbs almost nine miles from its Manitou Springs depot to the summit of the well-known mountain Pikes Peak. Pikes Peak is…
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Museum Quick Stop ~ I have been to Washington, D.C. a number of times over the years with my family, my Boy Scouts and on my own. This time was a solo excersion to explore D.C. With each trip, time was limited and I needed…
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Photo Opp ~ The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania is in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The museum is located on the east side of Strasburg along Pennsylvania Route 741. It is administered by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission with the active support of the Friends…
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Massachusetts World War II Weekend was held at the Orange Municipal Airport, in Orange, Massachusetts in May 2016. The World War II reenactment was a historical reenactment involving American, British, French, Italian and German combatants involved in World War II. These types of events included…
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Near my hometown in Western Massachusetts, there is a unique geographic loop along the Connecticut River called the Oxbow located in Northampton, Massachusetts. It is famous for its appearance in the 1836 painting The Oxbow by Thomas Cole. Historically, the Oxbow was connected directly to…
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The Three County Fair located in Northampton, Massachusetts is America’s longest-running continuous agricultural fair. The fair comprises three Western Massachusetts counties Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden within the Pioneer Valley Region of Massachusetts. The fair started by the forming of the Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden Agricultural…
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