The Ariel Lift Bridge began life as an extremely rare transporter bridge—the first of just two such bridges ever constructed in the United States in 1905. The bridge was upgraded in 1929–30 to the current lifting design and continues to operate t…
We didn't get into Jerome until around 4PM, right when everything was closing...this was a spontanious trip and it was hard to get everybody to go...because it's hard to please the whole family.
But we drove up to Jerome and when we got there we …
If you like Beef Jerky you have to come here where you can find 40 types of jerky and 500 jerkies, sauces, and seasonings! I walked in and they asked if I have ever been here before. I told the nice lady no and that I stopped because of the billboa…
On our way up to Itasca Alyssa_OB and I camped at the Big Pines Tent & RV Park by recommendation from the clerk at the Holiday Gas station down the road. We really weren't there that long... just 6 hours to sleep... but what I saw of it it is nice. …
So on my trip up to Stanchfield I got taken out to the Brass Rail which is a Grandy favorite. They are known for their Roasted Chicken and let me just let you know that this is some good chicken. When you walk in you seat yourselves and the waitres…
When asking around for a good place to eat my mom and I were directed to the Sawmill Inn. They are apparently known for their ribeye which is considered "the best steak in Rapids".
When we got there we didn't go for the steak. We were famished,…
The cheese Chalet is a nice store that was bustling with people as I went in. It has a wine rack of different wines from the state and a HUGE variety of cheese and other gifts...
I do have to say I'd rather go farther down the road to the Chees…
Falling Water is one of Frank Lloyd Wrights most recognized works of architecture. He was formally asked to design the house for the Kaufmann family (who owned department stores in western Pennsylvania---these stores just got bought out by Macy's) i…
Kentuck Knob was completed in 1956 for the Hagan family... founder of Hagan Ice Cream... by Frank Lloyd Wright (most of you probably know him as the designer for the Guggenheim Museum in NYC). He has another house about 40 miles away called Falling …
So I came here on my trip to DC with my mom back in May and this time we stopped here on the way back from Philadelphia. It is a very good rest stop... well, actually it has everything there so they call it a Travel Plaza. You can get your car serv…
The Jerome Grand Hotel is a Spanish Mission Style building and was constructed in 1926. The original purpose for this hotel was for a hospital called the United Verde Hospital. When it opened in 1927 it was considered to be the "most modern and wel…
Before coming up here I was told that Hacienda was a the best Mexican food around and since my mom likes latin cuisine we should go there while up in Duluth. We did just that.
At walking into the entrance we were quickly greeted by smiling face…
The curve was built in response to the difficulty of constructing a railroad through the summit of the Allegheny Mountains which the length of the curve is 2375 feet. It was designed by J. Edgar Thomson and Herman Haupt, opening on February 15, 1854.…
Itasca state park is home to where the Headwaters of the Mississippi river start. The interesting thing is is that the Mississippi river starts it's quest to the Gulf Of Mexico by heading north and then westward to it's southward embarkment. The hea…
Never knowing what you may come into when going to some historical sights my mom and I were hesitant. But the museum was a pretty good find. The first room was full of Judy Garlands time line of her life in show business starting with her first aud…
So a couple years ago I went to Sedona with my family. We went to experience the shopping, dining and hiking. While there we stayed in the Kokopelli Inn, which is owned and operated by the hopi cultural center. While there we hiked Bell Rock and n…
So in Minnesota there are a couple of statues depicting the life of Paul Bunyan and his blue ox, Babe... and the most famous one is in Bemidji because according to locals... the shore of Lake Bemidji is said to be his birth place. The 18-foot tall, 2…
Phantom Ranch is the only lodging facility in the canyon. If you come here make reservations about a year in advance...it's needed more with men than it is with women.
The site that Phantom Ranch is on used by Native Americans; pit houses and a c…
PotatoFest is thrown annually to celebrate the potato growers in the State...currently Cambria County (which is the county Ebensburg is in) is the 2nd largest potato growers int he state. And today was a PERFECT Pennsylvania day for a festival---wel… This review was featured on Monday September 29th, 2008
The only gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright was built in 1956 and the idea was essentially totally de-centralized American urban landscape; though this didn't happen any where else.
"Watch the little gas station.... In our present gasoli…
When entering in Braham, MN you will notice they have a facination for Pie's... you will see pie emblums on everything... including as embellishments on their street signs!!!
So every year there is a Pie Festival in Braham, MN the first weekend …
so the whole time I was in Minnesota I was told about taco tuesdays at taco john. I just never went to get any. So as I was driving away I knew there was one off of an exit in Wisconsin... I knew I had to stop and get some.
When I entered I wa…
The Tendermaid Hamburger shop has been around for over 70 years and in a small little shop house that looks out of place for it's surrounding.
Once walking in there is a bar going around the center of the restaurant and in there is the ingredien…
As always I get you a little history:
"More than 60 years ago, in the southern end of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, Armor Frey started each day by watching the sunrise from the top of Turkey Hill. Then he'd toss a few bottles of milk into the back o…
Alyssa and I drove up to Union Square Plaza to go get some food in a restaurant she remembered going to a couple years ago... only it wasn't there it was replaced by a school and down the row from it a cute place called Bada Bings...and with a name l…
The Cheese and Wine Chalet is a small cozy store/restaurant on the side of I-90. I went in to buy a bottle of wine and was immediately greated by a nice young man who asked me how I was and if I wanted to try a sample of wine today with a smile on h…
Oh my gosh!! I walked into this place and I felt like I took a step back in time... it reminded me of a little shop you'd find in Switzerland... well, with shops that I've seen at Epcot that are supposed to look like switzerland and germany! I've n…
Deep in the south of Minnesota (almost where I-35 meets I-90) there is the home to the beloved food of World War II... Spam which has been around since 1937. In 2001 the Hormel Plant opened up a museum adjacent to them called the SPAM museum.
Her…
So since I moved to Minneapolis my friend told me about this casino in Wisconsin she loved to go to because there's all you can eat king crab for $22! I immediately said count me in. Well, with her in school and our work scheduled clashing we final…
What can I say about Sweetwater.... well, this is the most magical donut shop I've ever been in. I walked in and the aroma was amazing... and there were oodles and oodles of types of donuts! I got a half a dozen including s'mores, reese's, oreo, mou…
As I was driving through Altoona to go home I kept seeing a sign stating this one place had the "worlds best coffee"... hmmm... in Altoona?
So I decided to stop by! This is a cute, plain donut shop. There's a guy behind the counter to help out…
Sheetz is a what most people think of a gas station (and that's what I thought it started out as too)...but I learned from one of my customers that it really started out as a dairy store and in 1952 a man named Bob Sheetz bought one of the dairy stor…
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