Voorhies Castle, a mansion on the Prairie
Set literally in the midst of the countryside south of Bement, Illinois is Voorhies Castle. This strange, yet beautiful building was built by…
Category: Historical Travel
Museums, historical sites, historic figures
Totality, a summary
The 2017 Solar Eclipse is going to go down in history as the event of a lifetime for this generation. Someday, I think…
Chasing the Sun, find your solar eclipse
Do you have your solar glasses, your chair, your sunscreen and bug spray and most of all the spot picked out to watch…
The Stuttgart Tractor – remembering innovation
It was 1999 when Dan Shima, a good friend and Minneapolis Moline collector told us about the winter convention in Stuttgart, Arkansas. We…
Glimpse of a statue, R.G. LeTourneau’s legacy – picture by Janna Seiz
Sometimes a statue can be a thought provoker and that is how it was with the statue of Robert Gilmour LeTourneau, better known…