Places – The Travelin' Gringo

A Dream Reborn: National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN

[Memphis, TN] — The assassin’s bullet that tragically ended the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4,[…]

by Jack Stevison, guest blogger Never tell an endurance rider that his bike is too small, the road too long[…]

[Fish Creek, WI] — Nothin’ says summer in Door County like spittin’ cherry pits — unless you’re talking about a Door[…]

[Ellison Bay, WI] — Here in Door County, Wisconsin, they take their history — and their fish boils — seriously.[…]

[Whistler, British Columbia, Canada] — For a town named for a mountain varmint, Whistler sure is a pretty place. Originally[…]

[Quintana Roo, Mexico] — Xcaret is kind of like Disneyland, if Disneyland were a pre-Hispanic theme park. But instead of[…]

[Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico] — It had been raining off and on throughout the day, but right around sunset,[…]

[Whistler, BC Canada] — Canada, like the U.S., has a rich history of indigenous peoples. Among the three primary groups[…]

[Hell’s Gate, BC, Canada] — It’s really hard for me to pass up a place that’s been referred to as[…]

[Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico] — Here on the east coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, an hour from Playa del Carmen[…]

Sunsets — and sunrises — can be beautiful wherever you are. But I’ve always been partial to the ones in[…]

[Clinton, TN] — John Rice Irwin was (and presumably, at 80+ years old, still is) a mountain man. Growing up[…]

[Knoxville, TN] — The words “urban” and “wilderness” aren’t often used together in the same sentence. But at the Ijams[…]

[Knoxville, TN] — When you think of Tennessee, you might not immediately think of brewing beer or making wine. If[…]

[Knoxville, TN] — 2012 marks the 30th anniversary of the Knoxville World’s Fair. “Energy in Motion” was the exposition’s theme,[…]