The Wagner Free Institute of Science is one of Philadelphia’s hidden treasures. You could live for years in the city and never know it existed, yet it is such a unique cultural and historical site that you’d be missing out if you never went. Located in North Philadelphia, it was established in 1855 by William […]
In 1878 the first official World’s Fair to be held in the United States, the Centennial Exposition, was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During the Exposition, an art gallery was hosted at Memorial Hall, accruing over ten million visitors between May and November of that year. The Philadelphia Museum of Art was founded the subsequent year […]
March 12th 1926, marked the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Savoy Ballroom in Harlem where it quickly became one of the most important dance halls in American history. Built on Lenox Avenue between a 140 and 141 streets ( it took up the entire block), it emerged during the Harlem Renaissance as […]
We stumbled upon a shopping paradise along Route 1 heading to the Florida Keys, situated at the crossroads between the peninsula of Florida and the beginning of the Keys. The moment you turn off the road into the parking lot, it’s not your usual mall outlet experience. Palm trees with terracotta rooftops, white stucco walls, […]
For more than three decades, the extraordinary Fairchild Botanical Gardens, where they grow more than 400 varieties of mangoes, has hosted a Mango Festival. What a good time we had at the mango tastings, cooking demonstrations and slurping mango cocktails and smoothies. We learned that they are dozens of varieties of mangoes. While most backyard trees […]
For the first time in it’s almost 100 year existence, the Coral Gables City Hall has begun a complete restoration. The building was a major element in the plans of George. E Merrick, founder of Coral Gables, to create a Spanish-Mediterranean city, The city hall, was completed in 1928 after taking just over a year […]
Grab a cold one in your flip-flops and take a lazy stroll off Duval street onto Caroline street, as the sun peeps through the palms and catch the essence of what island life must have been like before the party started. Most of the tourists are here now because of Jimmy Buffett and the only […]
When you’re driving down Route 1 towards south Vero Beach, just pull over at McKee Botanical Gardens to visit one of Florida’s most impressive plant collections. Long before Mickey descended on Orlando, in the 1920’s the land was part of an 80 acre tropical attraction called McKee Jungle Gardens, where they planted 300 royal palms […]
Thrillerdelphia is a unique independent bookstore that opened in Manayunk, Philadelphia, in October 2025, becoming the city’s first shop devoted entirely to horror, thriller, and true crime literature. Created by husband-and-wife team Tina and Anthony Long, the store grew from their passion for books and their desire to provide a dedicated space for fans of […]
powerHouse Books is a respected independent publishing company headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, that has gained international recognition for its innovative and visually driven publications. Founded in 1995 by Daniel Power, the company began as a small publishing venture operating from an apartment on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Over the years, it has grown into […]
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