Walking and Drinking Beer, On The Bloody Battlegrounds for the Niagara Frontier Battle of Fort George (courtsey of Friends of Fort George) At just 36 miles in length, the Niagara is one of the shortest rivers in the world. And one of the most violent. Almost a million gallons of water cascade down the river […]
Paul Revere statue and Old North Church Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere. On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five; Hardly a man is now aliveWho remembers that famous day and year. When poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote those lines in 1862, he was correct — hardly […]
Denver brews more beer than any other city. Coors Brewery in nearby Golden is the largest single brewing site in the world and Denver’s annual Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest beer celebration on the planet with a staggering 2,400 different beers available for tasting. It […]
Soldier & Sailor Monument A lot of people were surprised when “Indiana-no-place,” was selected to host 2012 Super Bowl XLVI. They were even more surprised when Indy hit it out of the ballpark, staging one of the best Super Bowls and greatest parties the world has known. More than a million people celebrated on the […]
The Governor’s Palace — in early morning you’ll see baby and horse carraiges. One of the greatest walks in America is an early morning stroll down the Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, Virginia. By noon, DOG Street (as the locals call it) will be swarming with tourists and shoppers, but if you come early […]
Jubilee backstage tours are led by showgirls three days a week. There’s no greater icon for Las Vegas than a statuesque showgirl, sparkling with jewels, her head covered with ostrich plumes, her outstretched arms shimmering with diamond cuffs as she stands motionless and nude, a celebration of the beauty of the female form. But times […]
Dresden today has been rebuilt into a gorgeous, Baroque city. They say that no one is building a city like Prague anymore, but that’s not quite true. Most of the gorgeous Baroque, “Old Europe” city you see in the heart of Dresden, Germanytoday is brand new, even though it appears to look centuries old. From […]
Gendarmenmarkt, the prettiest square in Berlin (photo: Visit Berlin) The best way to see Berlin is by bicycle. For one thing, the city of 3.4 million people is huge – 9 times the size of Paris – and, like any capital city, there are long distances to be covered between monuments and historic buildings. But […]
It’s not the fastest or most luxurious railroad in the world, but the TranzAlpine Express is certainly one of the most scenic. Slicing across the South Island of New Zealand, the 260-km rail line travels from the wild, rocky, glacier-studded West Coast of the island to the pastoral, rolling green hills of the east. In […]
McKonkey’s Ferry Inn, courtsey of Visit Bucks County It is forever Christmas at McKonkey’s Ferry Inn. The dining room in this lovely tavern, located on the banks of the Delaware River, 42 miles upstream from Philadelphia, is always decorated as it would have been on Christmas night, 1776, when George Washington had his dinner here. […]
