Alton’s Gentle Giant turns 100
Robert Pershing Wadlow was 8’ 11.1” by the time he died at the young age of 22 in 1940. Today he still holds…
Category: Arts & Culture
Art, sculpture, theater, plays, dance, museums, music
Ireland’s Ambassador visits Mother Jones Monument!
Today, May 4, 2018, Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States Daniel Mulhall visited Mother Jones Monument to meet with NIU Professor Rosemary Feurer,…
Thorncrown Chapel an architectural wonder dedicated to the glory of God
Along Highway 62 on the way to Eureka Springs, Arkansas I found one of the most amazing stops of my life, when we…
Silver Dollar City a place of tradition and invention.
In 1960 when Silver Dollar City opened, the Hershned family brought a group of talented craftsman from the surrounding area together to show…
Feeling like a model at the NATJA conference – Thank you Sandra Foyt!
Before heading to Branson for this years North American Travel Journalist Association Conference, I spied a note in the NATJA Facebook feed from…