Category Archives: History, Attractions, Museums

PART 6: 2011 American Road Trip – San Francisco, Castro, Golden Gate, and Berkeley

Checked out the Golden Gate Bridge and San Francisco's Castro District.

PART 4: 2011 American Road Trip – Las Vegas, Hoover Dam, Mojave Airplane Graveyard

Accidentally came across an airplane graveyard in the Mojave Desert.

PART 2: 2011 American Road Trip – St Louis to Las Vegas

Be sure to read Part 1 for a trip overview. Travel Dates: 4/15/11 through 4/18/11 A: Chesterfield MO – Home B: Wichita KS – Picked up Ian C: Denver CO – Motel 6 D: Las Vegas NV – Motel 6

2011 American Road Trip – 9000 miles, 32 days, Coast to Coast

Because I took almost 3,000 pictures, I broke the trip into separate articles linked at the bottom. My dad was planning a vacation to New York and DC so he asked if I could watch his house and take care

Traveled Five Hours for One Sandwich

Frustrated with local choices for Italian beef, I boarded Amtrak at 4 AM and headed 300 miles north to Chicago.

Man with funny accent covers 200 countries in 4 minutes.

Hans Rosling, a world-renowned Swedish statistician, uses animated bubble charts to depict the growth, wealth, and health of world populations over the last two hundred years.

Chevy Vegas packed nose-down in railroad cars for shipping

The Chevy Vega started a lasting trend at General Motors: Great ideas with poor execution. It did, at least, contribute one interesting piece of railroad history.

Road Trip and Review: 2003 Range Rover HSE, St Louis to Tampa

A review of the 2003 Range Rover and some diversions including Bern's Steak House, Busch Gardens, and the Tampa Auto Museum.

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Everyone’s Leaving Detroit

According to the US Census, the city of Detroit lost a quarter of its population over the last decade. Of the 237,000 residents who moved away, mostly to nearby suburbs, 185,000 were black and 41,000 were white.