L.L. Bean is an American retail company that sells clothing, footwear, and outdoor equipment. The company was founded in 1912 by Leon Leonwood Bean and is based in Freeport, Maine. L.L. Bean is known for its high-quality products, many of which are made in the USA, and its commitment to customer satisfaction. Some of the […]
The Central Railroad of New Jersey’s Broad Street Station was a passenger railroad terminal located in Newark, New Jersey. It was the Newark terminal for the Central Railroad of New Jersey, which operated trains from the terminal to Jersey City, Hoboken, and points in between. The station was in operation from 1889 to 1967, and […]
The Museum of Science, Boston is a science museum in Boston, Massachusetts. It began as the Boston Society of Natural History on February 9, 1830, and was founded by Walter Channing, Benjamin D. Greene, George Hayward, John Ware, Edward Brooks, Amos Binney, and George B. Emerson. In 1862, after renting facilities for years, the first […]
Fenway Park is a baseball stadium in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the home field of the Boston Red Sox, one of the oldest teams in Major League Baseball. Fenway Park was opened in 1912 and is the oldest baseball stadium still in use in the United States. The stadium has a seating capacity of approximately […]
The Colony Hotel is a luxury hotel in Kennebunkport, Maine. It was built on the site of the Ocean Bluff Hotel, which opened in 1872. Architect John Calvin Stevens designed the Colony and it opened in 1914. It was originally known as The Breakwater Court. George Boughton purchased the hotel in 1947. Boughton owned the […]
The Blue Hill Observation Tower, which was built between 1937 and 1938, is a steel fire lookout tower in the Blue Hills Reservation, a state park in the Boston metropolitan area. It was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The tower is in the town of Milton, Massachusetts. The tower was open seasonally and offered […]
Living in Florida most of my life, I always had a soft spot for Gator Farms. My brother was a Handler at a reptile institute back in the seventies where he milked rattlesnakes and wrestled alligators. Crazy fun. This is the Best Alligator Farm in Florida. George Reddington and Felix Fire began collecting alligators on Anastasia […]
Somehow, asian restaurants reign supreme when it comes to puns in their restaurant names. Here’s a local one I spied a couple years back while strolling Township Line Road. It has it all- a little humor, a red swoosh, and a bowl of rice. This would be a great place to pick up your lunch […]
The greatest movie adventure of all time is available in a total immersive 3D experience. The Latest 3-D projector Imagery/ wall-to-wall, floor to ceiling. Come take the visual, breath taking walk with your family down the Yellow Brick Road….. Book covers illustrated by L. Frank Baum adorn the wall in the museum lobby gift shop. […]
Speed cameras were installed on Roosevelt Boulevard (Route 1) in 2020. Since then the amount of crashes on this road has declined 36% from 2019 to 2021, compared to a decline of 6% in Philadelphia overall, as reported by the Transportation Advisory Committed. More amazing was that collisions with fatalities or serious injuries declined 11% […]
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