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The Whole Kit 'n Kaboodle

Here’s every post for a scroll down memory lane. If you want to look at a particular time period or destination, navigate using the menu topics.

White Star Line – go beyond Titanic

The White Star Line is certainly most famous because of the tragedy of its RMS Titanic, but...

Duluth Minnesota’s Maritime History

I’ll admit, we ended up in Duluth Minnesota at first because it was a cheap flight and figured...

Frank Lloyd Wright homes in Oak Park, IL

I love the Prairie style with its connectivity to nature and the environment. I’m not always a...

Ethan Allen: America’s Revolutionary Frat Boy

I’m sorry to admit that, as a Midwesterner, the name Ethan Allen mostly reminded me of...

A Royal Visit to the Coronation Stone in Kingston upon Thames

If you are looking for a historical day trip from London, why not head to Kingston upon Thames and...

Experience Medieval Bordeaux, France

With its temperate climate and proximity to the ocean, Bordeaux has been a major trading port since...

Russian Fort in Hawaii?!

At the end of the 18th/early 19th century, Russia was trying to get into the expansion game to...

CSS Jackson; a Confederate Ironclad Riverboat

You may remember hearing about the “Merrimack” and the “Monitor”, two of the...

Pierre L’Enfant’s Plan for Washington DC

On July 17, 1790, the US Congress announced that a swampy, muddy, mosquito-infested plot of land on...

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