My friend drove my dad and I out to the Salisbury Plain yesterday, where we took a walk around the rocks and through the fields making up the grounds of the Avebury stone circle. It’s a cousin to nearby Stonehenge, but much larger and more spread out with more opportunities to get up close […]
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The Armor of England’s Charles II
I just landed in London, and am excited to get back to the Tower of London to see the awesome collection of armor, like that of Charles II.
Visiting Minnesota’s Iconic Split Rock Lighthouse
Minnesota’s Split Rock Lighthouse is quite possibly the state’s most iconic spot. The building’s image has been depicted on stamps and postcards, in paintings and famous photographs, and in most any other medium something can be immortalized. Standing atop a 130-foot-tall sheer cliff along the north shore of Lake Superior, it’s no wonder Split Rock […]
Five Things to Do in Milwaukee
There are a lot of things to do in Milwaukee. This surprised me, to be quite honest. Never would I have thought there’d be so much to see and do in the city. There was so much to see and do that I didn’t even get to everything I would have liked. While I could […]
Five Things to See in Yellowstone National Park
There are a lot of things to see in Yellowstone National Park. That’s why I recently wrote about them, when I discussed what to do on both the north and south loop roads in the park. But if you don’t have time to do all that, if you can only spend a short while exploring […]
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