Chasing Ghosts in Springfield, Illinois: Lincoln’s Ghost Walk
Confession: I am fascinated by ghosts and other haunted things. Nothing too scary, though. Never in my life did I ever predict I’d chase the Lincoln ghosts. This past week I had the opportunity to join...
View ArticleFive More Reasons To Visit Springfield, Illinois
The third Springfield post’s a charm. A couple of weeks ago, Sara of Travel with Sara invited me to join her on a road trip to Springfield, Illinois, the land of Lincoln. The Springfield Convention and...
View ArticleWe Tried On Jane Young’s Hats & Gazed at Oculi: Webster City Part II
Disclaimer: Deb Brown, Executive Director of the Webster City Area Chamber of Commerce invited me to spend a day in Webster City as part of the “Six Bloggers on a Saturday” tour. All opinions are my...
View ArticleTo Reach The Top Of St. Louis’ Gateway Arch, You Have To Ride In A Tiny Pod
I had the most St. Louis Day that began at the Arch and ended at Busch Stadium. My folks came to visit the city for the first time and so we toured our new hometown together. The Gateway Arch is...
View ArticleInteresting Things I Learned In Rinker Buck’s The Oregon Trail Part I: The...
For having grown up playing The Oregon Trail a lot, I don’t know much about the Oregon Trail. Am I finally reaching the age where I can’t remember things well, or did we gloss over this in grade...
View ArticleVisiting Louis Sullivan’s First Jewel Box Bank: Owatonna, MN
This Minne-RoadTrip series of posts is sponsored by Visit Owatonna, Visit Faribaultand Visiting Northfield. I used to think architecture was boring. This all changed during a North Iowa bloggers tour...
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