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Southwest of downtown Savanna Georgia is a clump of trees surrounded by modern day fast food restaurants. obscured by the trees is a piece of Savannah history. The brick castle-like building with walls that are three feet thick was built in 1898 by the city of Savannah and was used as a powder magazine. It
Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth, Michigan is the largest Christmas store in the world. The Silent Night Chapel stands on Bronner’s property and it is a replica of the original chapel in Oberndorf/Salzburg, Austria, which marks the site where “Silent Night” was first sung on Christmas Eve in 1818. Wally Bronner visited the original chapel in
The Ball Mansion sits on a hill in the Ninth Street Hill Neighborhood Historic District in Lafayette, Indiana. The two-story brick mansion was built in 1868 by Cyrus Ball. He was a local businessman and layer that was elected one of the three associate Judges for the district in 1840. He was also the collector
19 I wish this was a story about a wonderful Christmas miracle, but instead, it’s about a celebration that ended in tragedy. The town of Calumet in the Keweenaw Peninsula was one of the wealthiest towns in the United States in the late 1800s because of its copper deposits and mining industry. On Christmas Eve in 1913,
Alton Illinois sits on the other side of the river from St. Louis Missouri and is considered part of the metro St. Louis area. Up on a hill north of town sits an old brick mansion surrounded by large old trees. The home is said to be one of the most haunted houses in America.
The town of Shullsburg is in the southwestern corner of Wisconsin not far from the Illinois border. A few miles south of town on County Road U is a sign for Gravity Hill. If you stop your car at the sign and put it in neutral is will feel as if it is rolling up
The town of Thurmond, West Virginia sits along the track that travel next to the New River. I would call it a ghost town but according to the last census it still has five residents that call it home. The town was incorporated in 1900 and named after Captain W. D. Thurmond, who settled in
I am happy to announce my latest book Lost In Illinois has been published on Amazon HERE. I traveled all over the “Land of Lincoln” exploring small towns, large cities, back roads and farmland. I did about 4000 miles this summer visiting strange and historic places including cemeteries, parks and historic sites. I like to
South of Coldwater, Michigan near the Ohio border, stands an old abandoned school built in 1908. I would like to be able to tell you the story of one of its pupils that went on to do something inspiring, but unfortunately, I do not know of such a story. I only know the tragic and
A section of Highway 301 runs between Ocala and Belleview Florida. There is a spot where the highway has a large median and a sheriff’s office and behind it is a park called “The Island”. Massive concrete structures stand towering among the trees. They look like something from an ancient civilization but in fact they
