The large, brown oak door stood partially open, the cavernous foyer was empty, and the museum was, as best we could tell, deserted. Continue reading
Category Archives: Slice of Americana
Roadside Americana: Read Between The Signs
Your probably aren’t aware of it, but your sartorial life would be very different if it weren’t for the small town of Meadville in the northwest corner of Pennsylvania. Continue reading
A Root Beer River and Cyan Sea
For heat-seared Southerners searching for a respite, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is the perfect place in summer. Temperatures that probably scorch cold-hardened Yoopers (residents of the UP – as in UPers), seem downright refreshing to us. Continue reading
Queen of the Gypsies: Long May She Reign
Want to see the graves of Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare, and Charles Darwin? Then it’s off to London’s Westminster Abbey. Have a hankering to visit the final resting place of Kelly Mitchell, aka “Queen of the Gypsies?” Continue reading
“Frisky” Buffalo In Our Tent Camp
Terri and I are avid campers and have been since our university days. We’ve camped from coast to coast and border to border. Before we got our tiny popup last summer, we were tent campers. Continue reading
Camping / Kentucky / Slice of Americana / Travel / USA
Chasing Summer: Off the Beaten Path in America
Do you recognize this two thousand year-old Mayan temple from Mexico’s northern Yucatan? We wouldn’t think so, because it isn’t Mayan, and certainly isn’t in Mexico. Continue reading
The End of The Trail: Hamburg Place Horse Cemetery
Shopping centers all across America have the same homogeneous mix of big-box and trendy fashion stores, but their marketing departments would have you believe that their mall is unique. Continue reading
