Walt Disney with the locomotive created for Disneyland. Walt Disney loved trains, and because of that, the world is a better – and happier — place. Walt was fond of saying that his empire “started with a mouse.” And indeed, his creation of Mickey Mouse did make him a fortune. But the idea for Mickey […]
Traders and guides on the Santa Fe Trail at Bent’s Old Fort during one of their many re–enactment events. Few roads in history have conjured up romantic images like the Santa Fe Trail. It lasted only 60 years, from 1821 to 1880, but for that short time it was America’s first international highway. And the […]
“Call of the Bugle,” by J.K. Ralston is one of the more accurate depictions. On the afternoon of June 26, 1876, on high bluffs above the Little Big Horn River, Col. George Armstrong Custer halted the 7thCavalry and dictated an order. “Benteen. Come On. Big Village. Be Quick. Bring Packs. P.S. Bring Packs.” The order […]
On March 27, 1851, a gold miner named James Savage, led a group of militia into the rugged Sierra Nevada mountains of central California in search of Tenaya, chief of the Ahwahneeche people. The tribespeople had burned Savage’s trading post, so in revenge, Savage formed the Mariposa Battalion and ordered his armed men up the […]
From the 1920s to the 1950s, Hollywood Boulevard was the most glamorous street in the world – a place where movie stars came to party, walk the red carpet to film premieres past search lights and popping flashbulbs, meet with their agents in Art Deco offices, cruise in convertibles with hair flying, palm trees overhead, or […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
