Author: Jenny
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Santa Claus, Indiana: The Christmas Capital of the Midwest
When you enter the town of Santa Claus, Indiana you’re greeted by a sign proclaiming that you have reached “America’s Christmas Hometown”. The town of Santa Claus was once known as Santa Fe. To avoid continually getting mistaken for the city of Santa Fe that is located in New Mexico, Santa Fe, Indiana opted to […]
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Worden’s Ledges: Visit a Whimsical Stone Garden in Ohio
Just south of Cleveland, Ohio there is a whimsical stone garden that looks as though it should be inhabited by faeries and dwarves. Worden’s Ledges is the former homestead of Hiram Worden. In the mid-1800s, Worden built a home on a plot of Hinckley, Ohio land which included several large sandstone boulders. In the 1940s, […]
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Enjoy a Tombstone Platter at Alabama’s Rustic Rattlesnake Saloon
If chain restaurants bore you, a trip to Alabama’s Rattlesnake Saloon is an absolute must. The Rattlesnake Saloon is a rustic restaurant and watering hole in Tuscumbia, Alabama that is located beneath a jutting rockface that sometimes doubles as a natural waterfall. Built on land that has been owned by the Foster family since 1916, […]
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Miss Baker’s Grave: Honor America’s Most Beloved Squirrel Monkey
If you visit the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama and you see the tombstone of what appears to be a squirrel monkey out of the corner of your eye as you’re walking the grounds of the facility—your eyes are not deceiving you. Miss Baker—the first American monkey to ever travel to space […]
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Idaho Potato Museum: Idaho’s Shrine to the Almighty Potato
If French fries, potato chips, and hash browns cooked to perfection make your mouth water, a trip to the Idaho Potato Museum in Blackfoot, Idaho is an absolute must. Idaho’s long history of robust potato farming has made the state synonymous with the most delicious of all starches. Visitors can learn about how potatoes help […]