September 22, 2022
The first railroad to serve Maine was the Calais Railroad, a local operation intended to move finished lumber from the Saint Croix River (near Milltown, New Brunswick) to Calais, Maine. It was incorporated in 1832 and, according to “Poor’s Manual of Railroads, Volume 12” (1879), opened about 1.5 miles in 1835 as a horse-powered operation. […]
September 22, 2022
The Calais Observatory is a pair of granite fixtures in Meridian Park in Calais, Maine. The two stones were used for mounting scientific equipment used in various astronomical observations, principally for the accurate calculation by the United States Coast Survey of Calais’s longitude with respect to meridians in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Greenwich, England. The site […]
September 21, 2022
On the way down Route 1 to Key Largo, we stopped at the Everglades Alligator Farm, which is located near the entrance to the 1.5 million-acre Everglades National Park. South Florida’s oldest alligator farm since 1953 is home to over 2000 alligators and hundreds of other reptiles and animal species. The $29 adult and $22 […]
September 21, 2022
The Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of New Jersey in Teterboro, NJ (AHOFNJ for short) was founded in 1972 with the goal of sharing and preserving the Garden State’s air and space legacy. Though the museum is not huge, it is absolutely packed with terrific exhibits that help visitors better understand and appreciate the […]
September 21, 2022
I’ll bet there are over a thousand fishing boat charters in the Florida Keys, and there are at least a hundred here in Islamorada. Professional offshore sport fishing is a big deal here where you can fish the Atlantic ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, or the string of Islands that make up the Keys. You […]
September 21, 2022
Deerfield Beach, Florida my favorite place to live. I watched Deerfield Beach transform from a funky surferhood to a classic resort area with 5-star restaurants, beautiful boardwalk, and an expansive fishing pier… There are regular beach sporting events, surf competitions, beach volleyball, and kite surfing. It’s like the wild world of sports. The restaurants along […]
September 20, 2022
Living across the Intercoastal Waterway from the infamous Capone Island, I often wondered what really happened there. In 1928 notorious gangster and Chicago Crime Boss Al Capone caused quite a stir with local residents when he snapped up a property on upscale Palm Island in West Palm Beach. Florida was his getaway from cold Winters […]
September 20, 2022
This 650-acre facility is home to a mile and a half oval track similar to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway layout. On October 23rd, Racing’s biggest stars gather in South Florida to take a shot at the NASCAR Dixie Vodka 400 with live bands and nightly fireworks. From the grandstands to the infield, these ticket […]
September 20, 2022
Dive into the secret world of Navy Special Warfare at the birthplace of WW II’s FROGMEN. The museum is dedicated to the History and Legacy of the underwater demolition teams (UDT), which became the SEALS, an acronym for sea, air, and land denoting their ability to go wherever they’re needed to complete their mission. There […]
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