A Visit To Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historic Park celebrates the life of a man triumphed with the passage of the 1965 Civil Rights Act, declared a War on Poverty and the establishment of a Great Society and at...
View ArticleSalem Maritime National Historic Site
The Salem Maritime National Historic Site is not the most interesting thing in Salem, Massachusetts. Salem holds a singular place in the American consciousness. We consider the witch trials and general...
View ArticleA Visit to: James A. Garfield Memorial
My brother and I had so much fun visiting the memorial to assassinated President Garfield in Cleveland’s Lakeview Cemetery, that I almost forgot it was a tomb. My niece and nephew opted to stay in the...
View ArticleMrs. Kennedy’s House: The John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site
Rose Kennedy carefully curated the John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site as a gift to the American people. The site preserves the President’s birthplace. After President Kennedy was...
View ArticleA Visit to Cuyahoga Valley National Park
I still remember the day I discovered that Ohio was a beautiful state. I hiked down into a glen and discovered a world of stone, streams, owls and caves. This surprised me, since most of my experience...
View ArticleA Visit To: James A. Garfield National Historic Site
James A Garfield launched his presidential campaign from the front porch of this home. After his assassination, his wife turned their home into a library and memorial to her husband. Now it is...
View ArticleA Visit to Concord: Minute Man National Historical Park
We’ve been visiting Minute Man National Historical Park for years. The miles of walking paths through the idyllic New England countryside make this a nice spot to visit, even if it wasn’t a National...
View ArticleA Visit to Concord: The Old Manse
The Old Manse sits on banks of the Concord River, just steps from the Old North Bridge where the first shots of the American Revolutionary War were fired. The house has seen its share of history, and...
View ArticleFruitlands: Utopian Failure
After eating some “New England-style Texas brisket” at a local apple festival, my wife and I headed to Fruitlands, the site of another unfortunate experiment. In 1843, Bronson Alcott and his family...
View ArticleThe Singing Plow – A Visit to the John Deere Historic Site
My wife surprised me when she agreed to stop at the John Deere Historic Site. I think she was happy that we weren’t touring Ronald Reagan’s birthplace instead. However, my promised quick stop on our...
View ArticleAmerican Regionalism: Grant Wood’s Studio
While you may not know who Grant Wood was, you know his art. A visit to Grant Wood’s studio in Cedar Rapids Iowa gives you the chance to see the studio where Wood lived from 1924 through 1935 and...
View ArticleA Visit to Cedar Rapids: Grant Wood’s Veterans Memorial Window
Atlas Obscura missed the best thing on Mays Island in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mays Island sits in the middle of the Cedar River, and the city’s government is based there. It’s a big deal because Osaka and...
View ArticleNeal Smith National Wildlife Refuge: Prairie Restored
It is hard to imagine what the Midwest looked like before colonization. The arrival of the plow completely transformed the landscape. The descriptions of unbroken miles of grass defy understanding. As...
View ArticleNo Third Floor: Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site
Why don’t we ever get to go up to the third floor on historic house tours? At the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, the boyhood bedroom of the 26th President is unfortunately on the...
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