offbeat travel destinations

Sometimes travel can be a bitch. On my way to Pigeon Forge I got a flat tire, went the wrong way on …

Field of Dreams is about dreams, magic, life, and what is quintessentially American. Naturally, some people despise it. In the spring of …

Kaydan awoke in the middle of the night demanding Deet. I told him to go back to sleep, told him I was …

Lincoln wanted to get away.  He said, “Find me a dock on a lake somewhere up north where I can dangle my …

Waiting for a cheeseburger at the McDonalds in Williston, North Dakota I noticed something I hadn’t seen for a long time. The …

On April 20th, 1999 two students entered Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado and opened fire. One of the students, 18-year-old Eric …

When Chicago mobster Anthony “the Ant” Spilotro started burglarizing businesses in the Las Vegas area, the federal government and the Las Vegas …

Getting what you want out of life can be hard. You have to know where to look for it, and then, when …

A bright, enchanting New Mexico morning. I pull onto the interstate, old 66 running beside. The land slides and yaws like water …

It was once hailed as “The Mother Road,” saluted as “Main Street U.S.A.”. There have been songs written about it, books, movies, …