As a travel writer, I have the honor of writing for national publications about beautiful places worldwide. Below is an excerpt with a link to the full story on the publication’s website, respectively. “Las Vegas is known as the “Entertainment Capital of the World” for its high-profile shows, engaging museums, and outdoor adventures you can have away from … Read more
As a travel writer, I have the honor of writing for national publications about beautiful places worldwide. Below is an excerpt with a link to the full story on the publication’s website, respectively. “Taking a scenic Texas road trip is an unforgettable experience. There’s a feeling of endless possibility that comes from being in such an expansive … Read more
As a travel writer, I have the honor of writing for national publications about beautiful places worldwide. Below is an excerpt with a link to the full story on the publication’s website, respectively. “Texas is a giant state covering roughly 268,581 square miles of arid desert, perfectly textured mountains, emerald green plains, and beautiful rolling … Read more
As a travel writer, I have the honor of writing for national publications about beautiful places worldwide. Below is an excerpt with a link to the full story on the publication’s website, respectively. “This year, instead of that last-minute Mother’s Day card and grocery store flowers, how about celebrating mom for all that she is … Read more
As a travel writer, I have the honor of writing for national publications about beautiful places worldwide. Below is an excerpt with a link to the full story on the publication’s website, respectively. “In less than five years Las Vegas has transformed from an “anything-goes” gambling and drinking haven to a bonafide “anything-goes” gambling, drinking, and sports … Read more
On July 16, 1945, just before sunrise over two years of relentless work at secret installations across the United States came to fruition. The sands of the Jornada del Muerto desert in New Mexico were scorched by the first successful atomic bomb test that shook up the world and plunged humanity into the Atomic Age. … Read more
Located in the heart of downtown Las Vegas, The Mob Museum offers the opportunity to revisit the colorful and infamous stories and larger-than-life figures that helped shape the landscape of organized crime throughout the United States and the part that Las Vegas played in the grand scheme of this shadowy world. But this isn’t just … Read more
The “town too tough to die” should be on every history fans’ bucket list.
Just west of Las Vegas, the Red Rock Canyon Scenic Drive offers visitors the chance to experience sweeping landscapes, numerous hiking trails, rocking climbing, and biking.
The glow first appeared in bullet wounds and bayonet lacerations. It didn’t surface in every soldier, or in every cut, but doctors noticed that those who did show signs of the glow fared better to treatment than those who didn’t. That was all it took for soldiers and doctors alike to give it a name: … Read more
I like to travel to places I find interesting, fully believing that not every trip needs to be an Instagrammable mountain pose followed by copy-and-pasted inspirational quote. When I get to these places, I like to kick back and enjoy a good cocktail. But not just any cocktail. An Old Fashioned. In fact, fair or … Read more
Several British soldiers were knocking at the door. There were five or six of them, they were hungry and demanding food. The Revolutionary War had finally come to Elbert County, Georgia, but little did the Red Coats know that they were knocking on the door of Nancy Hart, the one local Native American tribes had … Read more
It’s often the first nursery rhyme we learn as children. One of the first that our parents whisper into our ears as they rock us to sleep. “Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb. Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow.” Mick Jagger (maybe?) What will blow your mind … Read more
What were you doing at nine years old? Personally, I don’t remember much about being nine other than the fact that I was in fourth grade, I lived in Texas, and had a secret girlfriend that didn’t want anyone to know about us because all the other girls thought I was “weird” and she couldn’t … Read more
Throughout the history of humankind, man (and woman) has used calendars to track the seasons to help us with planting, harvesting, and for knowing when it’s OK to take candy from strangers. I’m not talking about the calendar of buff firefighters your Aunt Linda has in her cubicle at the office. I’m speaking on calendars … Read more
I like to travel to places I find interesting, fully believing that not every trip needs to be an Instagrammable mountain pose followed by copy-and-pasted inspirational quote. When I get to these places, I like to kick back and enjoy a good cocktail. But not just any cocktail. An Old Fashioned. In fact, fair or … Read more
Julius Caesar was in full-blown superstar mode in Rome. It was 58 B.C and he was the kid who couldn’t lose. Caesar had just been appointed proconsul (governor) of three Roman provinces, an office usually held for one year that he would hold on to for nearly five. Oh, and he was the head of … Read more
Modern coffee, that mystical nectar of the gods, has its roots in several legends and folklore. According to legend, the modern-day Oromo people of Ethiopia were the first to recognize the energizing effects of the coffee plant. A different legend tells of 9th-century goatherd Kaldi, who noticed how excited his goats got when they nibbled … Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused hardship and heartache around the world, including the halt of live sporting events like the 2020 Olympic Games for fear of spreading the disease. In ancient times though, only one thing could stop the Olympic Games dead in their tracks: a rule from on high by a religious emperor. Olympic … Read more
In May 1864, Union forces met the armies of the Confederacy at a dense wooded area known as “The Wilderness.” An estimated 160,000 – 185,000 men converged on a clearing, Saunders Field, near the middle of the forest and for three days unleashed hell upon one another. Who could have guessed that in the middle … Read more
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