Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame
As a kid in the 1970s, my baseball team of choice was the Cincinnati Reds. This was the era of the Big Red Machine, winners of two World Series, with roster of future Hall of …
Category: Museums
Architecture / Art / Museums
Immersing Ourselves in Art & Architecture in Cincinnati
Cincinnati Museum Center The Cincinnati Museum Center was of interest to us more for the building than for the museums located within it. But since it was free with our museum membership, we still took …
Two Sites on the Fight Against Slavery in Cincinnati
The Harriet Beecher Stowe House The Harriet Beecher Stowe House was not the most visually exciting of our stops, especially since they had just refinished the inside but were still waiting for the furniture to …
James Dean’s Hometown: Fairmont, Indiana
Fairmont, Indiana, is the hometown of James Dean, and they want everyone to know it. There are giant signs featuring Dean, statues, a place to “walk in his footsteps”, and not one but two “museums” …
Museum of Pop Culture
The Museum of Pop Culture (or MoPOP, as they like to call themselves) in Seattle, Washington, where we found ourselves on an extended layover returning from Alaska. The museum was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul …
Museums in Anchorage, Alaska
We visited two museums in Anchorage that seemed suspiciously similar to each other (and then later to museums we visited in Fairbanks), the Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) and the Anchorage Museum. Both focused on …
John Wayne Birthplace Museum
We stopped at the John Wayne Birthplace Museum in Winterest, Iowa (new state in the van!) not so much because we were John Wayne fans, but mostly because we know an icon when we see …
Glore Psychiatric Museum
The Glore Psychiatric Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri is creepy, but in a good way. The museum covers three large floors and many years of mental health treatment and history. The focus is on the …
Amusements / Food / Museums
Odds and Ends in Northwestern Missouri
A few “there’s not much to this, eh?” sites in Northwestern Missouri. Walt Disney Hometown Museum I’m honestly not clear how the Walt Disney Hometown Museum in Marceline has a 4.8 rating on Google. The …
Jesse James in Missouri
We’re not fooling around, we went to both the Jesse James Birthplace home in Kearney, Mo and to the Jesse James Home where he was shot and killed in St Joseph, Missouri. In spite of …