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…
My friend Ed told me a story about this gigantic molasses storage tank that burst in the North End area of Boston back in 1919. Almost 2.5 million gallons of sticky molasses gushed out in waves, smothering everything it came into contact with. The thought of being consumed alive by smoldering hot waves of molasses lava is quite terrifying.
Charleston, South Carolina is a gorgeous city on the Atlantic Coast known for its Live Oak trees, Low Country cuisine, antebellum architecture, sprawling town squares, and other facets of Southern charm. Some of Charleston’s other claims to fame include being home of the country’s first museum, playhouse, golf club, and public college. The College of…
Since the 1800s, Dayton, Ohio has been to innovation, mechanics, and engineering, what New York City is to music, art, and film. There were more patents per capita in Dayton by the start of the 1900s than anywhere else in the country, earning it the name “Invention Capital of the U.S.” Wright, Patterson, Kettering, Deeds,…
Ohio’s third largest city, Cincinnati, is enormous. I still have not entirely wrapped my mind around the full layout, and there are several downtown neighbourhoods I have not even began to explore. Most of my time in Cincinnati has been spent chasing murals and wandering the Over-the-Rhine neighbourhood. Click the links above to read my…
Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine district was once known as the most dangerous neighbourhood in the United States, far worse than the legendary City of Compton. Far, far worse. Much of this reputation was earned after the 2001 riots which were the climax of decades of growing civil unrest, but there is more to it. Like most of…
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