The Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane is a former state hospital in Willard, New York, near Seneca Lake. It…
The Portage Viaduct (also known as the Portage Bridge, Portageville Viaduct, or Portageville Bridge) is an iron railroad bridge in…
Sometimes when a country is just getting organized, its citizens are considered to be uneducated, out of touch or primitive.…
Mount St. Helens is most famous for its catastrophic eruption in 1980. The active volcano is located in Washington State,…
We would like to think all of our presidents of the United States were truly great men and to be…
Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky includes the most extensive cave system known in the world. More than 367 miles…
In 1927, workmen with lively nicknames like “Whiskey Art”, “Palooka”, and “Hoot” quit their regular jobs. They were among the…
Covered bridges have been around since ancient China. Recorded Chinese history has mentioned them since the early dynasties. In America,…
Barack Obama was born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His childhood is marked with extreme conflict and struggle. The…
Describing Death Valley brings a potpourri of superlatives: hottest, driest, lowest. In 1913, the valley hit a record 134 degrees…
