Traveling through Arizona recently, we stopped into Scottsdale’s Historic Old Town District for a few hours. Scottsdale was founded in 1894 and incorporated at the start of the 1950s. Winfield & Helen Scott, along with Winfield’s brother George, moved into the valley and planted citrus groves, naming the town Orangedale at first. The name changed…
A Natural Wonder Sedona is a place of mystical lore, a geographical vortex for healing energy, a haven for self-care and alternative medicine, a mecca for wine lovers, and a hub for artists. It is located between Flagstaff and Phoenix, just about an hour from Flagstaff and two hours from Phoenix. Within a reasonable driving…
Arizona’s Verde Valley is comprised of the communities/towns of Sedona, Jerome, Clarkdale, Cottonwood, Camp Verde, and the Yavapai-Apache Nation. Sedona and Jerome had so much to see and do that I am writing separate blogs about them. SEDONASedona is the northernmost community of the Verde Valley, and it was our first destination after we arrived…
We learned that a ghost town typically has to have less than 100 residents so I reckon any time #101 shows up, they gotta start killin’ folks.
Williamsburg is located in southeastern Kentucky near the Tennessee state border; between the Daniel Boone National Forest and the Cumberland River. It is known as the Gateway to the Cumberlands, for its proximity to the Cumberland Mountains, Cumberland Falls, and the Cumberland Falls State Resort Park. Other famous attractions in Williamsburg include the Kentucky Splash Water…
One thing about Kentucky folks, they love fried chicken. The relationship between its fame and its followers has perpetuated a self-fulfilling prophecy over the century, keeping the dream alive. In my Corbin blog, I mentioned that it is home to the original / first Kentucky Fried Chicken location & Museum and Sanders Park, and I…
Corbin is a small town of less than eight square miles in the southeastern corner Kentucky, a state that is kinda shaped like a piece of the fried chicken it is famous for. I-75 runs straight through Corbin, just north of the Tennessee state line. I am going to go ahead and lay my cards…
Charlotte’s City Center is divided into four separate wards that are simply called the First, Second, Third, or Fourth Ward. Collectively, these four wards form a diamond shape and are referred to as “Uptown.” Each ward is defined by its direction away from the intersection of Trade Street & Tryon Street, known as Independence Square.…
In 1799, a kid found a 17-pound rock while playing in the river and his mom used it as a doorstop, until a visitor later recognized it as solid gold. Feels like something that would happen to me, honestly. This discovery created the first Gold Rush in the new world.
Charlotte’s Uptown Four Wards get a lot of coverage, but we had the most fun in Plaza Midwood and in the North Davidson “NoDa” District just a bit northeast of Uptown. I love this area because nearly every building exterior or open space is covered in murals and mosaics, and each store or gallery is…
Two of our favourite stops in Charlotte, North Carolina are both northeast of the main “Uptown” part of the city. I have already written a few blogs about Charlotte’s First & Fourth Wards, Second Ward, Plaza Midwood & Belmont, and the NoDa District, so I thought I would give these two spaces a blog of…
After following Boston’s Freedom Trail of early American history and strolling through Boston Common, then taking in the sights and smells of Boston’s Chinatown and Little Italy districts, seeing some of its smaller neighbourhoods sounded just right. I picked Bay Village and Back Bay. From Boston Common we walked down Park Plaza, crossed Stuart Street, and…
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