The World Trade Center Twin Towers were only 3 miles away from Route 1, and on September 11, 2001, this terrible event happened, caused by an Islamic extremist group, al-Qaeda. Some 2,750 people were killed in New York, because of the plane crashes into the Twin Towers on this day. Police and fire departments in […]
There are many Pickleball Courts in Connecticut, and here are 6 of them that are on and along Route 1. Click on the Trip Stops to see all the details, and the pictures of each of these Pickleball Courts: Groton Community Center Farquhar Park Tunxis Hill Pickleball Courts Woodward Park Pickleball Courts Scantlebury Park Pickleball […]
Taking a trip up route 1 to see all the sights before the cold sets in. Going to see leaves change and how the world looks.
My first adventure to the Smithsonian was in the late ’70s where the sparkly De Young Pink Diamond caught my eye and just stopped me in my tracks. The popularity of colored diamonds has increased dramatically over the years and some of the most valuable gemstones are fancy colored diamonds, especially in shades of blue, […]
Fiesta Key is an island in the Florida Keys connected via Causeway to US 1 at mile marker 70, where it was first recorded as Jewfish Kay in the 1870s. In 1934 as part of FDR’s New Deal job program, World War I veterans were brought to the Keys to build a series of concrete […]
A grateful nation honors a martyred president who guided the country through Civil War and freed 4 million enslaved people. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14th 1865 just as the Civil War was ending. But the Lincoln Memorial, built in 1914, has taken on a significance beyond merely commemorating the 16th president, as one […]
There are many Pickleball Courts in Rhode Island, and here are 6 of them that are on and along Route 1. Click on the Trip Stops to see all the details, and the pictures of each of these Pickleball Courts: Fore Court Racquet & Fitness Club LIL Rhody PICKLEBALL West Kingston Park Ocean State Pickleball […]
The birthplace of Abigail Smith Adams was constructed in 1685 for Reverend Samuel Torrey, who served as the minister of The First Church in Weymouth. Originally situated at the intersection of North and East Streets, it stood three hundred feet southeast of its current location. The property, known as the “Torrey Mansion,” was acquired by […]
A famous scientist has told millions of his followers he’s figured out the location. Ryan Gosling as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie leave Barbie Land to find the real world. With its one billion dollar gross so far, chances are you are hip to the plot of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie”. “Barbie” the movie puts […]
There’s surprisingly little information available online about the abandoned Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Trenton aside from news of the tragic conclusion to its story. It originally opened in 1916 as Trenton Junior High No. 1, and was the first junior high school on the east coast of the United States. Construction had […]
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