On January 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM EST, a Medivac Jet crashed into a neighborhood near the Roosevelt Mall, in Philadelphia PA, just moments after leaving the airstrip. At the time of this post, at least seven people have died and about 19 others have been injured. Six of the people that died were aboard […]
A midair collision between an American Eagle passenger jet and a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River happened on January 30, 2025. This resulted in multiple fatalities, with no survivors among the 67 people aboard both aircraft. A skating coach and two youth skaters from Delaware died in plane collision. The Delaware […]
For most of us growing up, graffiti was stigmatized and criminalized as a spray paint art form. At a gallery you reach people who seek art, while when you paint in the street, you throw yourself in front of people’s eyes. Street art is regarded as one of the largest art movements that has achieved […]
we made this stupid decision to travel the entire U.S. route 1. But we will do it!! me and my Boyfriend.
Edgar Allan Poe is famous because he was a major influence on American and world literature, was the pioneer of Science Fiction and basically invented the modern detective story with his 1841 short story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”. Here at his home you can experience the space that would prove Poe’s final permanent […]
While the heyday of the enclosed shopping mall in Florida is long gone, the Coral Ridge Mall in downtown Fort Lauderdale is still thriving today with 50 plus stores and restaurants. This mall holds the distinction of being Florida’s first enclosed shopping mall. The $8 million mall was developed by Coral Ridge Properties and Jack […]
The Scene became famous for many sensational moments in the history of Rock Music as the place where Hendrix and the Doors shaped the music of the Sixties in numerous inspired jam sessions. It was the brainchild of the dashing idiosyncratic Steve Paul, who was 23 when it opened in 1964. The club was a […]
Take a trip down Route 1 in North Florida to Historic Fort George Island within the Timucuan Preserve to visit the oldest surviving Antebellum Spanish Colonial Plantation in the United States. Built by Zephaniah Kingsley Jr (1765-1843) in 1798. Kingsley was an English-born planter, merchant and slave trader who moved as a child with his […]
Wandering through ancient oaks and Spanish moss, where history whispers like a Southern Gothic novel, The Bosque Bello Cemetery was founded by the Spanish in 1798. Cemeteries are like libraries of the past except instead of books there are headstones that give you the cliff notes of this Island’s inhabitants. It’s a real community mixer […]
The Central Park Zoo really began with an abandoned bear cub 176 years ago. The first animal gifted to the park was a bear cub tied to a tree and was left in Central Park in 1859, followed by a monkey the next year. These animals were popular with the parks visitors even though there […]
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