best road trips USA

When I first learned of the ghost towns of New Jersey, I could hardly believe it. How could a state with more…

As a general thing, interstate rest areas are nothing to get excited about. Most are pretty humdrum, featuring drab buildings with utilitarian…

The Blue Ridge Parkway follows the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains through the states of North Carolina and Virginia. It is…

For those of us who enjoy classic television, few shows hold such a warm place in our hearts as The Andy Griffith…

For three months in the spring and summer of 1993 rain pounded the Mississippi River basin relentlessly. From Minnesota to Missouri, rivers…

In early autumn of 1903, something bizarre and terrifying happened in the town of Van Meter, Iowa. People have been talking about…

There are innovations that, when we first experience them, are so striking, so clearly a terrific idea, that we cannot conceive of…

Eighty-nine-year-old Marjorie Congdon has been called both a sociopath and a psychopath. The terms are not interchangeable. Sociopaths have a conscience, but…

Do a simple Google search on “gateway to hell” and you’ll be surprised at how many results you get. Some are sites…

Traveling west from the plains of North Dakota something interesting happens as you approach Billings. The land begins to break up. The…