So what do you do when you become incredibly successful, influential, and upper-class? You built a BIG house. During the Gilded Age, there were many big homes built. Some of them are now heritage museums. Staatsburgh was donated to the state in honour of the…
The United States of America is a large country with a proud political history. The first modern democracy and history backs up the power of the people. Gerald Ford was the president of this great nation for some time, and he was the only unelected…
If you are Canadian, you must have held a fifty-dollar bill at least a few times. I have several but had yet to learn who the man featured was or his importance to Canadian history and politics. Charlene and I were starting a weekend trip…
Recently we travelled to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to see a winter event. It was a nighttime event, so we had time to fill in the day. Since we both love museums, we would visit Grand Rapids Public Museum. As with all museums, it features things…
This place was so amazing; I only wish that it was bigger. The Midwest Miniature Museum has been on my “Top Priority List” since I first learned of it. It features some of the most amazing, incredibly detailed miniature versions of life. When Charlene tagged…
We were on our first ever mega-trip to West Virginia. We popped into the state museum for West Virginia and was so very impressed. It was the best museum we had ever traveled to, at the time, and above all, it was entirely free. I…
I like art and I like free. Now combine them together to see free art, that is the best. The more I have travelled, the more I have discovered that universities are great places to see free things. Be these geology museums, or science places,…
With a flair for marketing and a product that would not meet any of the requirements of modern medical standards, George T. Fulford made his fortune from a tiny pink pill. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pill for Pale People was essentially an iron supplement/placebo. He used…
If you are Canadian or have used Canadian currency, you would have noticed two very important men on the five dollar and fifty dollar bills. At Laurier House National Historic Site, you will tour the home that was once owned by both of these prominent…
Four places. My wife and I have been to literally thousands of places. Big places like zoos, museums and other all-day attractions that attracts thousands of people. And little places like roadside statues, parks and waterfalls. I have taken at least one picture at every…
