Passing Through Southwest Nebraska
The Potter Sundry The Potter Sundry in Potter, Nebraska, claims to be the home of the Tin Roof Sundae. I’m not here to argue with any excuse for ice cream. It’s a small cafe with …
Category: History
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park Museum
So I thought Buffalo Bill was a train robber or some other kind of wild west outlaw, but mostly didn’t think anything much about him at all. But that didn’t stop us from visiting the …
South Dakota State Capitol
Pierre, S. Dakota, is a long way from everywhere. But it is in the center of South Dakota, which is why it won out over several other cities when the location of the capital for …
James J. Hill and the Short Squeeze of 1901
Another fun fact about James J. Hill that we learned from our visit to the James J. Hill House is the role Hill played in the biggest “short squeeze” in the twentieth century. Hill, with …
Eating Our Way Through Madison, Wisconsin (Mostly)
test Of course we went to the National Mustard Museum in Middleton (a western suburb of Madison). I can’t say it was very exciting–mostly a bunch of mustard jars from around the world to look …
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A Mad Dash Across Some Great Lake States
In early May, we needed to make an emergency trip from Kansas back east to New Jersey (1,100 miles in just over a day, woo-hoo!). After a few weeks on the East Coast, we reversed …
Washington Memorial Chapel
The Washington Memorial Chapel is located in Valley Forge National Historical Park in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Though located within the park, the church and surrounding property is owned by the Episcopal Church. The chapel was …
America’s National Churchill Museum
America’s National Churchill Museum on the Westminster College campus in Fulton, Missouri, certainly feels out of place! I mean, Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, so what’s a full-blown museum to him …
Arabia Steamboat Museum
I am not particularly interested in boats, so I would have skipped this attraction based on its name alone, but Doug said he was very interested in visiting, so we went. Well, it was amazing, …
Rambling Through the Hoosier State
Saint Meinrad Archabbey We briefly stopped into the Saint Meinrad Archabbey solely to see some pretty architecture, and it did not disappoint. The campus and buildings were lovely. The monastery is located in St Meinrad …