Category: History
The entrance is surprisingly narrow. You feel a bit squeezed by the wood-lined tiny hallway (the built-in shelves filled with books) that leads into the main living room; the …
In Constitution Gardens in Washington, D.C., a bit beyond the World War II Memorial, across and down the street from the Institute for the Study of Peace, not far …
The sun had already set, but there was still light oozing through the surrounding forest. My car’s headlights illuminated the mangled historical marker where Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow …
by Kerry Dexter As you follow the Freedom Trail or go about your business in the changing landscape of old and new buildings that make up downtown Boston, at …
I lost count of how many times I thought, “Wow, I had no idea….” When friends said that I’d need at least two hours in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library …
by Kerry Dexter Taos. It’s a small town in northern New Mexico, high up in the Sangre de Cristo mountains. As I write this in autumn, it is a …
Despite the famous catch phrase ridiculing a certain sort of Boston accent, you’ll not be parking any cars in Harvard Yard. Harvard Yard is a fine place to visit, …
If you’re reading this on a Monday feeling a bit hung over, you’re had to work hard to get to that state in many of the countries featured in …
They were well used to the sea, and to the waters of the Caribbean, its islands and its people. Three ships set out following rumor of a large island …
Calanais. Weathered stones on ancient ground, circles and crosses and lines created in earth and from stone. In the Western Isles, off the northwestern coast of Scotland, at times …
It was Pompeii that started my obsession with volcanoes, but it was Mt. St. Helens that really sealed the deal. All of this happened before my sixth birthday, which …
Making something from almost nothing, then making beautiful sounds from what you’ve created: that’s the magic of the lowly cigar box guitar. I’d heard of them but never seen …