USA

Great news! Automatic refunds for some instances of flight delays/changes/etc

Check out this article: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/biden-harris-administration-announces-final-rule-requiring-automatic-refunds-airline This new airline rule makes it that airlines have to refund you AUTOMATICALLY if they...

Chicago area peeps:  A corn maze with a bar and ax-throwing? Count me in.

Chicago area peeps: A corn maze with a bar and ax-throwing? Count me in.

Around Halloween, there is a corn maze in Chicago. And this is actually in the city of Chicago, not one...

Wisconsin’s Devil’s Lake State Park – beautiful, steep hikes and glorious views

Devil’s Lake State Park is in central Wisconsin north of Madison.  It is the largest state park in Wisconsin.  It...

ChicagoHenge, Manhattan Henge, etc

ChicagoHenge, Manhattan Henge, etc

In many modern cities, the streets are lined up in a grid pattern (some are specifically N-S and E-W, and...

National Parks in US and Canada

National Parks in the US and Canada aren’t as numerous as the UNESCO sites, but you’d still be hard pressed...

La Brea Tar pits: stinky paleontological research (California)

La Brea Tar pits: stinky paleontological research (California)

It’s odd to find an active paleontological research site in an urban area such as Los Angeles, but that’s what...

Dr Seuss’s trees in the desert (California)

Dr Seuss’s trees in the desert (California)

Joshua trees are funky dancing trees from Dr Seuss’s imagination brought to life in a desert. The backdrop of the...

Stories told by cemeteries

When I travel, I often find myself attracted to old graveyards and cemeteries. I didn’t even realize that those two...

Marco Island, Fl: Otter Mound and historic museum

The Otter Mound Preserve is worth a short trip if you are on Marco Island. Do not expect to see...

Marco Island: Turtles, Urchins, shells and birds

If you are really lucky, you’ll get to see turtle tracks in the sand from the female coming onto the...