The Brandywine River Museum of Art is the premier collection of the works of American painter Andrew Wyeth and his artistically gifted family. Wyeth, who lived in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania where the museum is located, is best known for his painting Christina’s World, currently in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The […]
Few places are as fun to visit in spring as an arboretum, which is a botanical garden devoted to trees. They’re wonderful places nice afternoon hike, and Tyler Arboretum is certainly no exception. Tyler Arboretum is located partly on land purchased from William Penn in 1681 by Thomas and Margaret Minshall. They had purchased 625 […]
The Penobscot Narrows Bridge (PNB) is a stunning example of both art and usefulness. The PNB is the tallest bridge observatory open to the public in the world, offering panoramic views of the Penobscot Bay area. Visitors take Maine’s fastest elevator up 420′ to the observatory. This family-friendly place even allows dogs! Amazing! If you […]
Located on the Penobscot River in Prospect, Maine lies the best-preserved military fortifications on the New England seacoast. Fort Knox was established in 1844 to protect the Penobscot River Valley against British naval incursion. Open from May 1-October 31 from 9:00 am to sunset, Fort Knox is a historically rich, family-friendly stop with beautiful views […]
The Bell Labs Holmdel Complex in Holmdel, New Jersey was created as a new research and development facility for Bell Telephone when they decided to move operations out of Manhattan. Constructed between 1959 and 1962, it was the swan song of architect Eero Saarinen, who also designed the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and the […]
3 Sons Brewing is a casual, friendly, unassuming bistro right on Route One in Dania. As you might surmise from their name, beer is their siren song to travelers and locals alike. The crowd is generally young and familiar with the place. If the building wasn’t so cavernous it would feel more social, like an […]
Golaski Labs was founded by an enigmatic inventor named Walter Golaski who was born in 1913. Golaski started out working as a needle mechanic for the Torrington Company in Connecticut. He founded Bearing Products Company in 1945 and acquired patents for a number of unique technologies and modifications to machinery that he concocted. His most […]
Which way would you try to get out of the tunnel in an emergency? Located under the runway of Fort Lauderdale International Airport (FLL), this sign is one of many in the underpass that helps emergency workers and anyone involved in an accident or mishap how far they have to go in order to get […]
Just off of Route 1 in Robbinston, Maine, sits a brightly painted building called the Grace Episcopal Church. Now a museum, this church was built in 1882 by Dr. Peter Henry Steenstra, a minister from Massachusetts, who lived in Robbinston during the summer. By 1993, services ended and in 2000 the Robbinston Historical Society purchased […]
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