Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park
We found the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park on AtlasObscura.com and I was a little hesitant about it. Often I feel like I’m looking at a junkyard when you get to one of the site’s offbeat …
Category: Amusements
Amusements / Food / Museums / Nature
A Few Winter Days in Norfolk and Virginia Beach
Here are a few of the random sites we explored during our time in the Norfolk and Virginia Beach area. I liked this statue of King Neptune by Paul DiPasquale on the Virginia Beach boardwalk. …
Hershey’s Chocolate World
If you are looking for sensory overload, look no further than Hershey’s Chocolate World, which is really nothing more than a glorified shopping experience, located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Chocolate World was created in the 1970s …
Amusements / Books / Food / History
Sites from a Couple of Exits in New Jersey
With family in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, we often find ourselves adventuring in this area of the country. Here are some of the sights, sounds, and flavors we have uncovered during some of our excursions …
Amusements / Architecture / Books / History / Museums
Select Experiences in Montreal, Canada
Even though Doug and I promised ourselves a more relaxed pace (ha!) for our December trip to Montreal, we of course “just popped in” to a few attractions in between other things we were doing. …
Amusements / Food / Movies
Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure
Behold our most expensive day of fun. For one day we spent nearly 30% of the previous six months’ of adventuring before we even walked in the door of Universal Studios. Doug and I both …