Month: May 2022
An Important Place for Fans of Baseball
This town has under 2000 residents, yet it hosts thousands of visitors each year and is arguably the most important place to travel for fans…
Route 66 to See Fonzy
Dan Rice has traveled the length of Route 66 over two dozen times. It might surprise people that his original inspiration for traversing the nearly…
A Famous Sign, Reborn
Today this sign on Santa Monica Pier attracts a steady stream of travelers who pose by it. Interestingly, it’s a replica of a sign that…
Where is the End of Route 66?
In 1926 Route 66 ended at the corner of 7th and Broadway in downtown Los Angles, California. Today, most people will tell you route 66…
The Farm Themed Nature Center
We may think of a nature center as a place with an interpretive building and a few wooded acres where one can hike. So when…
The Mean Green Giant
Some people have a green thumb, and it certainly seemed the farmers in southern Minnesota were experts at growing peas. Large beautiful peas. Peas so…
Mayo & The Green Giant
In Le Suer, Minnesota you’ll find what appears to be a modest old home sitting on a lot in front of a grain elevator. Unless…
A Tragedy That Led to An Institution
In August of 1883 a tornado hit southeastern Minnesota. It was a devastating event that caused a lot of damage to people and property. Out…
A Famous Doctor Whose First Patient Was a Horse
One of this medical doctors first patients when he came to town was a horse. He was glad to treat the horse, but he was…
A Frontier Doctor
He was a frontier doctor that found himself in the middle of the Dakota War. His work in that war led him to take a…