Category Destinations

The U.S. Civil Rights Trail – Birmingham, Alabama

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Exterior

From my perspective, Alabama is the crown jewel in the southeastern portion of the United States. With its camellias and azaleas in the spring, its juicy peaches and spiky okra in the summer, its long rows of cotton and stately,…

Connie Pearson

Inside the World of Breaking Bad

Thursday morning in Albuquerque, a little before 10am, we catch a glimpse of the 1986 Fleetwood Bounder RV parked against the restaurant wall and make a beeline toward it. Rounding the back corner of its tailgate, we expect to be…

MaryRose Denton

Afternoon Tea – Five Iconic Teas in London

The History of Afternoon Tea According to some sources, the tradition of Afternoon Tea started in London in the early 1840s. It is often attributed to Anna, the 7th Duchess of Bedford who requested a pot of tea and snack…

Kathy Stafford

Sommerville Court Bed and Breakfast: Rich in History

In the Beginning In 1880 James Sommerville began construction of his large, stately home in a town called Lucknow (pronounced Luck-No). Located 214km (133 miles) northwest of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, a trip to Lucknow brings you to an area of…

Lori Sweet & Sylvio Roy

Venterskroon Inn, Venterskroon, South Africa

About a two-hour drive south west of Johannesburg, if you don’t get lost that is, you will find Venterskroon Inn. It’s a bar and grill in the middle of nowhere run by Pearie Ujdur and his partner, Leon Lindeque. Finding…

James Cowling

New Braunfels: Another Texas Hill Country Gem

There is so much to do, there is no way to cover it all. But here’s a taste of some of the great things to do in New Braunfels.

Scott Kendall

Washington DC: Beyond the Famous Museums and Memorials

There is so much more to DC than political posturing, patriotic speeches, and squabbles about health care, the economy, climate change and other life altering debates.

Scott Kendall

The Island of Sao Miguel—A visit to Portugal’s Azores.

If there is a heaven, someone cut a slice out and dropped it in the middle of the Atlantic. There are still relatively few tourists on the Azores. And I find myself hesitating to even write about them and share this as it is on it’s way to becoming more discovered every year.

Hollin Stafford

Washington on the Brazos – Where Texas Became Texas

Students of history can detect numerous similarities between the declaration of independence and the Constitutions of Texas and those of the United States.

Scott Kendall

Love and tragedy in a fragment of New York history – Boldt Castle

George then conjured up a plan as a Valentine’s Day present for Louise (Also Louise’s birthday). No chocolates, wine, or a typical bouquet of flowers were involved, but an entire castle on Hart Island to profess his love to Louise.