“History is boring.” What parent hasn’t heard that lament from a child at least once? It’s what my kids said when they heard we were headed to Colonial Williamsburg, touted as a living history museum. Cue groans and protests from the backseat….
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The more I travel, the more I gravitate towards destinations supporting a population between 50,000 and 150,000 people. Why? Typically the footprint is smaller, the traffic is forgiving, and the cost of exploring (dining out, museum admission, lodging) better fits our middle-income…
Whenever our family passes through a state’s capital city, we like to stop and tour the capitol building. Free and open to the general public, most state capitol buildings offer guided and self-guided tours. In Santa Fe, New Mexico for…
One does not arrive in Lubbock, Texas by sheer happenstance. Located on the Southern end of the Great Plains and just below the Texas Panhandle, Lubbock isn’t along any direct routes to major cities or destinations. In other words, if…
Amusement Parks Nature Centers and History! Start your family fun trip through Litchfield Hills in in Bristol, Connecticut at the Lake Compounce Theme Park, America’s first family theme park. Opened in 1846, this newly renovated and expanded park now combines…
San Diego is known for their beaches, the world-famous zoo, their family-friendly parks and surf t-shirt shops. But the gigantic piece of United States History sitting along the Navy Pier is not easy to miss – it’s a historic aircraft…