Helen Keller's Moon Trees
It's a tradition for astronauts to take a personal item or two into space with them. Mementos they bring back home, reminders of an...
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- May 19
- 4 min
Just Down the Road - World's Largest Truckstop
The Iowa 80 Truck Stop is the largest in the world and worth the stop if you're driving down Interstate 80.
- Apr 24
- 5 min
Pella, If You Ain't Dutch...
The first weekend in May is just around the corner and that means it won’t be long before a small Iowa town will more than double in...
- Mar 29
- 4 min
Pacific Northwest - Where Suspension Bridge Crosses Rainforest
There’s a rainforest in Vancouver, Canada. Surprised the heck out of me. Some of you, who are much smarter than I, are saying of course...
- Mar 7
- 9 min
Emmett Till: Tragedy in Mississippi
You’re a 14-year-old boy growing up in Chicago. It’s summer and you ask your mother if you can go spend some time with your cousins a...
- Mar 1
- 4 min
Howland Hill Road, Redwoods and America’s Cathedral
I’m pretty sure it’s not something you’ve thought of ever doing, but imagine for a moment driving down an old stage coach trail with...
- Feb 6
- 5 min
Of Geysirs and Secret Lagoons
Confession time. I’m not a hot tub person. There, I’ve said it. My late wife, Connie, on the other hand, loved them. When we found...
- Feb 3
- 4 min
Sigridur Tómasdóttir, the Woman Who Saved Gullfoss
I’ve long been fascinated by people who willingly submit themselves to extreme measures for a cause in which they believe. Regardless of...
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Monument to the Unknown Bureaucrat
You won’t see too many military statues when wandering around Reykjavik, or any other part of Iceland for that matter. Maybe one of Leif...
- Jan 31
- 5 min
It Started Small – The Icelandic Phallological Museum
(Note: This article discusses an Icelandic museum devoted to a certain, uhumm, specific part of the male anatomy. So there’s your...
- Jan 28
- 2 min
Iceland's Punk Rock Toilets
Iceland has an obsession with museums. It’s true. Really. Last count, there are 266 museums in the country. That’s one museum for every...
- Jan 26
- 5 min
It's Easy to Reach Hallgrimskirkja
It’s easy reaching the top of Hallgrimskirkja Church tower, almost easy as it is to find the church in the first place. Its exterior...
- Jan 17
- 4 min
Of California Storms and Elephant Seals
Many parts of the highway I traveled on my December trip along the West Coast have been closed due to the recent rains, flooding and rock...
- Jan 16
- 3 min
Chihuly and the Art of Glass
I don’t know when Dale Chihuly became my favorite artist. It was a long time ago. I do know exactly when glass blowing became my favorite...
- Jan 14
- 4 min
A Hope for Moments
I hope you have moments in life that take you into your past. Unexpected moments that suddenly appear and transport you back to your...
- Jan 12
- 8 min
Confessions of a Hallmark Christmas Movie Fanatic
Hello. My name is Alan. I’m a Hallmark Christmas Movie fanatic. It’s true, I admit it, as winter approaches I wait anxiously for the...
- Jan 10
- 6 min
A Very Gilmore Christmas
Warner Brothers Studio Tour with Gilmore Girls, Harry Potter and DC Superheroes.
- Dec 6, 2022
- 2 min
Howling With Wolves
Last April Fools Day I found myself with a group of about a dozen people in the Colorado hills, 30 miles due west of Colorado Springs,...
- Nov 12, 2022
- 4 min
The Mystery of the Missing Museum Curator
It’s a tail ripped from the headlines, tailor-made for a crime story podcast, maybe even a Netflix movie. The young, passably handsome,...
- Oct 14, 2022
- 4 min
Submarines are Cool: USS Silversides
I geek out when I have the chance to tour a submarine. I visited Hawaii six years ago during the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl...
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