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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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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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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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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