by Linda Aksomitis
The Walnut Street Bridge, pictured above, is Tennessee’s oldest non-military highway bridge still in use today. It was also the first non-military highway bridge across the Tennessee River. Today, instead of cars and trucks rumbling over it, pedestrians ranging from...
by Linda Aksomitis
The colors of fall are about as stunning as you could ever want to see–well, at least in many parts of North America. Here, in Saskatchewan, fall leaves are mostly just golds that fade to brown if the wind doesn’t rip them from the trees first! While...
by Linda Aksomitis
Nestled in a Tennessee Valley, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, was one of the Nation’s best-kept secrets during WW II—one I had the opportunity to discover at their annual June Secret City Festival. And it turned out to be a secret I think needs sharing! I started out my day in...
by Linda Aksomitis
Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a great city to visit! There are attractions for every interest from the Chattanooga riverfront, which is what I mainly explored, to its world famous Chattanooga Choo-Choo. One of the great things that I found as a visitor, though, is that...
by Linda Aksomitis
In 1825 Henry and Polly Hagy sailed their flatboat down the Tennessee River with a boatload of dreams and little else. They hoped to start a farm and raise a family somewhere along its banks, if they could find the perfect spot. It might have been the view that drew...
by Linda Aksomitis
North Americans love trains. Why? Of course modern trains provide an economical alternative to other forms of transit–and a fast way to get from one place to another. But vintage passenger trains are another story. Perhaps we love them because of the romance of...
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Giddy Up! A Kalesa Carriage Ride Over the Streets of Manila
History of Transportation Museum – Bush Bikes to Studebakers
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Take a Raft or Kayak on a Whitewater Center Rafting Adventure
Yukon Transportation Museum: Machines From a Sno-Train to a Monoplane
Auschwitz Concentration Camp & Birkenau: Historic Places Near Krakow Poland
Scotts Bluff National Monument: Historic Places on the Oregon Trail