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: Historical Travel
Museums, historical sites, historic figures
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,…
The Rookery, a Frank Lloyd Wright Connection
I love Chicago, I love architecture and I love Frank Lloyd Wright so this was a given that I would love the beautiful…
The Murals of Marshall
I was drawn in like a moth to a flame when I saw the sign that said murals on my drive back from…
Red finds at Gathering of the Green!
Who would ever guess that there would be red finds while at Gathering of the Green, the ultimate John Deere event in Davenport,…