Posts Tagged ‘Places’
A Dream Reborn: National Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, TN
// November 14th, 2012 // No Comments » // Places
[Memphis, TN] — The assassin’s bullet that tragically ended the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968 sent shock waves throughout the world and rattled the American Civil Rights Movement to its core. Although Dr. King died that day on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, his dream …read more…
RoadTales: I’ve Seen Fire and I’ve Seen Rain – riding 3,000 miles on a Harley Sportster from Colorado to Ohio and back
// July 30th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Places, RoadTales
by Jack Stevison, guest blogger Never tell an endurance rider that his bike is too small, the road too long or too dangerous, or that he should be careful. In fact, if you’re going to offer words of advice or concern at all, something along the lines of “keep your head on a swivel out …read more…
Friday photos: Cherry pit spittin’ in Door County, WI
// July 19th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Food, Places
[Fish Creek, WI] — Nothin’ says summer in Door County like spittin’ cherry pits — unless you’re talking about a Door County fish boil, of course, which I’ve written about previously. You’ll find so many cherries in Door County, you’d think they grew on trees. Oh, um, never mind, they do. The county is particularly well-known for its …read more…
Goats on a hot sod roof – Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant, Door County, WI
// July 17th, 2012 // 7 Comments » // Food, Places
[Sister Bay, WI] — Could this be what they mean by a “green” building? Arguably one of Door County, Wisconsin’s most distinctive dining establishments, Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant features live goats grazing on its sod roof. The family-owned eatery has been around for more than 60 years, but the grass roof and its bovid caretakers …read more…
A good, old-fashioned fish boil in Door County, WI
// July 13th, 2012 // 7 Comments » // Events, Food, Places
[Ellison Bay, WI] — Here in Door County, Wisconsin, they take their history — and their fish boils — seriously. I’ve come to Rowleys Bay Resort near the northeastern tip of Door County for a real, old-fashioned fish boil — one that comes with its own historical re-enactor. “A fish boil is where we cook …read more…
Friday photos: A visit to Whistler, BC Canada – Site of the 2010 Winter Olympics and land of the Whistle Pig
// June 29th, 2012 // 4 Comments » // Places
[Whistler, British Columbia, Canada] — For a town named for a mountain varmint, Whistler sure is a pretty place. Originally known as Alta Lake, early prospectors and fur trappers nicknamed the area “Whistler” after the shrill whistling sound made by the hoary marmot. The hoary marmot is North America’s largest ground squirrel, sometimes referred to …read more…
Friday photos: The Faces of Ek Chua — Maya mythology at Mexico’s Xcaret park
// June 22nd, 2012 // 5 Comments » // Places
[Quintana Roo, Mexico] — Xcaret is kind of like Disneyland, if Disneyland were a pre-Hispanic theme park. But instead of Mickey Mouse, here you’ll find Ek Chuah (the God of Cocoa), Rattlesnake, Jaguar, Owl, and White Death. You gotta love White Death, if only for the name (just try and imagine a Disney character with a name …read more…
Friday photos: Sunset – Riviera Maya, Mexico at Hacienda Tres Rios
// June 14th, 2012 // 3 Comments » // Places
[Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico] — It had been raining off and on throughout the day, but right around sunset, a slight break in the clouds permitted the sun to peek through, creating the picture-perfect “golden hour” photographers dream of. I was with a group of travel writers and photographers in Riviera Maya for SATW’s …read more…
Preserving Canada’s Legacy – Squamish Lil’wat Cultural Centre, Whistler, BC
// June 13th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Places
[Whistler, BC Canada] — Canada, like the U.S., has a rich history of indigenous peoples. Among the three primary groups — First Nations, Inuit, and Métis — Canada’s Aboriginal population today numbers over one million, according to the 2006 Canadian census. And just as in the U.S., these groups have historically faced discrimination and other …read more…
To Hell’s Gate in a handbasket: British Columbia’s Fraser Canyon and Hell’s Gate Airtram
// June 11th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Places
[Hell's Gate, BC, Canada] — It’s really hard for me to pass up a place that’s been referred to as “the Gates of Hell.” That’s just how I roll. Simon Fraser, however, didn’t have much choice in the matter. In 1808, the explorer encountered towering rock walls and churning rapids in this narrow gorge along …read more…
Friday photo: Sunrise at Tulum, Riviera Maya, Mexico
// June 8th, 2012 // 4 Comments » // Places
[Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico] — Here on the east coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, an hour from Playa del Carmen on the Riviera Maya, sits the only Mayan archaeological site overlooking the Caribbean’s turquoise waters. The city of Tulum was constructed by the Maya around 1200 AD and thrived until shortly after the Spanish conquest …read more…
Friday Photo – Smoky Mountain Sunset
// June 1st, 2012 // No Comments » // Places
Sunsets — and sunrises — can be beautiful wherever you are. But I’ve always been partial to the ones in the mountains or over the ocean — there’s something extra tranquil about those scenes. This photo was taken in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, near Knoxville, during a press trip there recently. Enjoy.
Tennessee’s Museum of Appalachia preserves a disappearing way of life
// May 29th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Places
[Clinton, TN] — John Rice Irwin was (and presumably, at 80+ years old, still is) a mountain man. Growing up in Tennessee’s Appalachian Mountains, he was fascinated with the stories told by the area’s old-timers and realized the culture of Appalachia was slowly disappearing as those residents passed away. Starting in the early 1960s, Irwin …read more…
Adventures in the Urban Wilderness: Ijams Nature Center, Knoxville, TN
// May 27th, 2012 // 3 Comments » // Places
[Knoxville, TN] — The words “urban” and “wilderness” aren’t often used together in the same sentence. But at the Ijams Nature Center (pronounced like “Im’s,” not “I-jams” by the way), in the eastern Tennessee city of Knoxville,I heard those words spoken together over and over. “There are very few cities in the U.S. that have …read more…
Not just a whiskey town: brewing and winemaking in Knoxville, TN
// May 25th, 2012 // 3 Comments » // Food, Places
[Knoxville, TN] — When you think of Tennessee, you might not immediately think of brewing beer or making wine. If you’re like me, you probably associate it with whiskey, as Jack Daniel’s is distilled in Lynchburg. Some Knoxville entrepreneurs are looking to change that, however. The city is host to Tennessee’s first urban winery, as …read more…
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