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” …
Category: 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 …
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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 …
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Look What We Saw in Northeastern Kansas
There was plenty to keep us occupied as we passed through Kansas. Here are some of the sites we visited in the northeastern part of the state. Maybe driving across eastern Kansas isn’t the most …
Amelia Earhart Birthplace
The Amelia Earhart Birthplace home in Atchison, Kansas, isn’t the most exciting home we’ve ever visited, but it was an interesting place to learn about Amelia Earhart, in conjunction with our visit to the Amelia …
Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum
The Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum an aviation museum located in Atchison, Kansas that is focused on Amelia Earhart, of course. The museum’s prize possession is the restored Muriel, a Lockheed Model 10-E Electra that is …