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 …
National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel
On top of the recent Civil Rights stops in Alabama and Mississippi, there was a little sense of dread about visiting another museum devoted to the dark side of America’s history so soon. However, the …
Scenes Around Mississippi
We detoured to Magnolia to visit the Lynyrd Skynyrd Memorial, which is near the site of the infamous plane crash. Doug deemed it a key moment in the history of rock-n-roll, and therefore worthy of …
Motor Vessel Mississippi IV
Now drydocked at the Lower Mississippi River Museum in Vicksburg, Miss., the Motor Vessel (M/V) Mississippi IV was the fourth vessel operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to have been named the Mississippi, …
Vicksburg National Military Park
Though at this point I am rather feeling that all battlefields look the same, the Battle of Vicksburg was a key battle in the American Civil War, and therefore was deemed worthy of our attention. …