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Madame Tussauds in Times Square, New York City
Over a decade ago during summer break from college, I visited NYC with one of my dear friends. We didn’t have a plan, we just wanted an adventure. After exploring the Statue of Liberty and a few other locations throughout…
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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! – NYC
Do you remember Ripley’s Believe It or Not tv show? It was a show that brought the wonder and curiosity of the strange and obscure to the surface for decades. My first adventure into a Ripley’s museum occurred when I…
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Anne Frank’s House – Visiting the Secret Annex
Anne Frank is one of the most famous victims of the Holocaust thanks to her father and Miep Gies who published her diary in 1947. If you are anything like me, growing up Anne Frank was a popular interval to…
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September 11th Memorial and Museum
It seems that every generation has that one moment in time where you never forget what you were doing when you heard the news. For us, that was September 11, 2001. A vital part of modern day American history, this…
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Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary
Sitting on a counter, under the original glass countertops sits a letter signed by a patron long since past. That signature is of the first First Lady of the United States, Marth Washington addressed to Mr. Stabler. Written just a…
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The Hidden Government Bunker of The Greenbrier
Located in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia sits a large luxury resort that looks as though it should be on a postcard or possibly the set location of a Stephen King novel. Surrounded by natural wonders such as mineral springs and…
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The National WWII Museum in New Orleans
WWII history is taught to us in brief chronological order throughout our time in school. To dive deeper into any form of historical information many of us have to search it out through books, movies, research, etc. For Peter and I,…
