The Empire Garden restaurant in Boston was once the Globe Theatre, a movie theater built in 1903. Architect Arthur Vinal designed it in the French Renaissance style, and it was a popular spot in Boston for many years. M. Loew’s took over and renamed it the Loew’s Center Theatre in 1947. It has the distinction […]
From oatmeal to lobster rolls, if it’s a Mainer’s meal, it’s on the menu at The New Friendly Restaurant on Route 1 in Perry, Maine. Truly service with a smile, this bustling family-style restaurant is hugely popular among locals and tourists alike. The food is astonishingly fresh in a location that is at least a […]
A locally owned treasure, WQDY is a radio station that has operated since July 4, 1959. Located right on US Route 1, you can look right into the front window and see the radio announcers working. It’s a slice of nostalgia that is hard to find these days. From their website: You’ll hear music from […]
The White Birch Exchange is right on Main Street (US Route 1), Calais. Owned by Bruce Novac, this beautiful store has treasures for everyone. Bruce’s passion is fixing up items and showing people how to repurpose things they can be proud of, even if they don’t have money to spare. He also cares about being […]
The Whitney Museum of American Art was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Whitney, a sculptor and art collector, when her donation of over 500 artworks was rejected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which was more interested in European modernism. Whitney, a wealthy socialite and art patron, supported American artists like Edward Hopper, Charles Demuth, […]
“Friends are like lighthouses with the sources of light coming from their hearts” – Tom Baker Perched atop a sixty foot high bluff overlooking the marsh and Egan’s Creek on Amelia Island, the lighthouse is located three quarters of a mile inland surrounded by trees which has helped preserve the structure from the weather. Built […]
Submarine Becuna is moored at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia and like the Cruiser Olympia is a part of the Independence Seaport Museum open to the public via guided tours. Also like the Olympia, the USS Becuna is the only remaining vessel of her kind – the only existing Guppy 1-A submarine left. As such the […]
Today this is an active lighthouse on Anastasia Island and is St Augustine’s oldest surviving brick structure. In its history it went back and forth between Watchtower to Lighthouse many times. The Spanish erected the first wooden Watchtower during the building of the Costello De San Marcos to keep enemy ships from taking the island. […]
This is a fabulous place to take your family and celebrate the holidays on your calendar, Christmas, Hanukkah, Diwali and Kwanzaa! This drive-through is New Jersey’s largest drive-thru animated holiday light show. It has 20’ Christmas trees, 3 magical tunnels, a tribute to first responders & US Armed Forces and much more. All these light […]
William Joseph Curry was born in 1821 on Green Turtle Cay in the Bahamas. He was a poor white Bahamian that immigrated to Key West for economic opportunity. When he arrived penniless from the Bahamas in 1837 at the age of 15, Key West was the wealthiest town in the state, in fact the island […]
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