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There’s a lot to wrap your arms around when talking about ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan, so I’m just going to do an FAQ: Wear Your...

It was a year ago. I’d made my way to Marfa, Texas, for the Trans-Pecos Festival of Music + Love. It was my first big trip after retiring...

There’s a wonderful four-and-a-half acre park right in the middle of downtown Des Moines, Iowa. It’s filled with more than two dozen...

My jaw dropped walking through the main doors. I don’t know my mouth ever fully closed while I was there. I would not argue with...

I confessed in a previous post - Elvis, and a Woman Named Marion - to not being the biggest Elvis fan. Just to be clear, I do like Elvis,...

Marion Keisker MacInnes lived a great life. She went to college in the 1930s when attending college was very much male-dominated and...

There’s a dog cemetery in the hills of northern Alabama, less than 10 miles from the Mississippi state line. More specifically, it’s a...

As I slowly slid back the small hinged cover on Mittie Manning’s sarcophagus, part of me felt disturbed, that somehow I was violating the...

You might have seen them. National Park Yelp reviews that are, well, stupid: “There are bugs and they will bite you on your face.” –...

There’s a very special story in a small Colorado mountain town outside Boulder about a Vietnam Veteran, PTSD and a Carousel of Happiness....

Let me introduce you to my buddy, Isak Heartstone. Don’t let his size intimidate you. Even though he’s a good 15 feet tall, sitting down,...

I posted earlier about my harrowing mountain drive along the Million Dollar Highway, just south of Ouray, Colorado, but I didn’t say much...

2,744 steps. Twice the height of the Eiffel Tower. 1,168 more steps than the Empire State Building. Six times the height of the Statue of...

Watching the video below gives me some pretty serious flashbacks, seriously. Not pleasant ones. I drove this stretch of highway a couple...

Dozens, hundreds, maybe even thousands of once thriving communities are gone. They are abandoned, ghost towns. Some might still have a...

I like Chip and Joanna. I’m not a huge fan but I like them just fine. I watched many episodes of their show back when they first hit the...

My idea of a road trip is having a general idea of a destination but leaving a fair amount to serendipity. That’s worked well for me over...

Sometimes, a terrible thing, like having your business shut down due to Covid, can turn into something pretty good. I remember, as a...

As a child, one of my family’s annual traditions was watching Sound of Music out at my grandparents’ farm. This was during the Dark Ages...

February 3, 1959 - Since Don McLean released the song, American Pie, that day has been known as The Day the Music Died. On that day a...