How The Two Large Military Surrenders at Appomattox and Bennet Place Turned Into Victories — for Both Sides A historically accurate representation of Lee and Grant at Appomattox at the national park site. After four years of bloody fighting and nearly 700,000 deaths, America’s great Civil War came to a sudden and unexpected end in […]
That Will Make You Want to Visit The backstreets of the historic district Everyone knows Charleston, SC, is one of America’s most historic cities, but there’s a lot more than history occupying the town’s 1,600 pre-Revolutionary War buildings, including new breweries, distilleries and clubs. Charleston has become a Williamsburg with bars. And James Beard award-winning […]
Sitting at the edge of Colorado’s No. 1 attraction – Rocky Mountain National Park – the little resort village of Estes Park lies in one of the world’s most beautiful locations, and as such, it has been attracting visitors for more than 150 years. In addition to the millions of tourists who have passed through, […]
A 120-Mile Journey Tracing the Civil War’s Greatest Adventure Monument to the General in Chattanooga National Cemetary I started where it ended, in the rolling hills of the Chattanooga National Cemetery in Tennessee. There, under a great bronze statue of the steam locomotive The General, is a monument to one of the Civil War’s most […]
Fraunces Tavern is the oldest establishment in New York serving food and drink and a favorite of George Washington George Washington was not really a New Yorker. He was born, raised and died in Virginia. He spent much of his public life, as both a president and a general, in his favorite city of Philadelphia. […]
“I don’t know if I did right or wrong but I always did my best.” Quote by Kit Carson on a placard in his home in Taos, New Mexico Teepees near Taos Few people in history have received as many mixed reviews as Kit Carson. The larger-than-life mountain man, trapper, scout, soldier, and Indian fighter […]
There are no hard and fast rules about boudin. People don’t even agree on how to pronounce it. Some people say this tasty, sausage-like, south Louisiana finger food should be called “boo-dan.” Others add a little French flourish on the end and say “boo-dehh.” Boudin on a plate. Lake Charles CVB Either way, it’s usually […]
Castillo de San Marcos — oldest fortress in the U.S. In 2015, St. Augustine, Florida, did something that no other town in North America has ever done. They celebrated their 450th birthday. But surviving as America’s oldest city hasn’t been easy. St. Augustine has been sacked and burned to the ground. Three times! It has […]
Frontier Days (the center window is where Tom Horn confessed to murder) Now that Cheyenne Frontier Days 2015 is over, it’s a wonderful time to spend a weekend in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Not that there’s anything wrong with Frontier Days, of course. This 119-year-old rodeo, the “Daddy of ‘em All,” as they like to say, is […]
“When I first came here, almost 30 years ago, Vallarta was a fishing village of some 2000 souls. There was one road to the outside world – and it was impassable during the rainy season.” So wrote American film director John Huston about his first encounter with the sleepy, isolated fishing village he was destined […]
