by Linda Aksomitis | Jun 26, 2017
Visiting Southwest Louisiana is all about the culture, from crawfish etouffee and boudin to Cajun and Zydeco music. And we discovered the best of both in Eunice, a small city named after its founder, C. C. Duson’s, wife. Duson had an adventurous history that...
by Linda Aksomitis | Jun 19, 2017
Devil’s Gate, a 30 foot or so wide gap nearly 400 feet high, looks like Paul Bunyan took his ax and chopped a wedge out of the granite of the Rattlesnake Mountains. Early Shoshone and Arapaho people had their own legend of how it was formed though. They tell...
by Linda Aksomitis | Jun 12, 2017
Instead of staring down at diners from his mount on the wall, the red longhorn steer at the historic Montana Bar once led a herd of a thousand, or more, mooing cattle through Miles City on their way to the railhead. He’d have had dust in his eyes then,...
by Linda Aksomitis | Jun 9, 2017
Volcanic craters, cinder cones, crumbles of lumpy lava — it may indeed all seem like an alien moonscape. However, it isn’t. It’s actually a 618 square mile (1600 square km) Preserve in the state of Idaho. It is, however, aptly called Craters of the...
by Linda Aksomitis | Jun 2, 2017
; Butch Cassidy and his group of outlaws, known as the Wild Bunch, galloped through the American West pulling train and bank robberies everywhere from Idaho to Colorado, Utah to New Mexico, and Nevada to Montana. In fact, Cassidy had the longest stretch of successful...
by Linda Aksomitis | May 29, 2017
G St. Adalbert Church stands out not because of its grandeur in Krakow’s Market Square, but because of its simple white masonry, hard-to-put-a-finger-on design, that’s topped with a simple cross. Indeed, parts of the pre-Roman, Roman, Gothic,...
Hear Cajun and Zydeco Music at the Cajun Grand Old Opry — Eunice, LA[…]
Discover the Legends of Devil’s Gate — Landmark in Wyoming[…]
Check out the 1908 Old West Montana Bar in Miles City[…]
Discover the Mysteries of Idaho’s Craters of the Moon[…]
Wakamow Valley: Outdoor Adventures in Moose Jaw, SaskatchewanThe Moose Jaw River flows through the Wakamow Valley urban park in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. It provides 20 km of trails and year-round outdoor adventures.
Butch Cassidy Museum — Old West Wild Bunch Outlaws in Montpelier, IDThe Butch Cassidy Museum is situated in Montpelier, Idaho. It's housed in the original Bank of Montpelier Bank where Butch pulled his 2nd bank robbery.
St. Adalbert Church in Krakow Market Square — 1000 Years of History[…]
Crepes, Wood Fired Pizza & More: Whytewold EmporiumThe Whytewold Emporium near Gimli, in Manitoba's Interlake Region, serves wood-fired pizza and French crepes -- along with a garden centre and store.
Hill Aerospace Museum — Hundreds of Planes from WWI to the Cold WarThe Hill Aerospace Museum at Ogden, Utah, just a few miles from Salt Lake City, is a must-see free attraction with hundreds of airplanes and artifacts.
Wabasha Street Caves & their Prohibition Secrets — Saint Paul, MNSaint Paul, Minnesota, history includes Prohibition gangsters and speakeasies including the Wabasha Street Caves. See "Castle Royal" or take a driving tour.