The world did not end this weekend, which is good for one reason alone…you now have more time to visit museums. If we had all died, do you know how weird it would have been to see all the empty roads and abandoned cars? Well, actually no one would be...
Have you ever heard of Emmett Till? On this date fifty-seven years ago, 14 year old Till was beaten, tortured and shot in the head for allegedly whistling and/or flirting at a white woman while visiting his uncle in Mississippi. The white men who killed him weighed down his body...
Although these presidential-related posts have not proved to be as popular as I thought they’d be (maybe I should have included a tax refund?), I might as well finish what I started. So let’s continue with the Presidents’ Day posts, you know, learning about the forty-four men who got to...
Yesterday was Presidents’ Day in the good ol’ United States of America, which means you’re supposed to learn a few things about the forty-four men who got to call themselves commander-in-chief. So let’s continue where we left off (check out Part 1 & Part 2 in case you missed them)!!!...
My friend lives right around the corner from the old Essanay Film Manufacturing Company building in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Believe it or not, but before Hollywood became a “thing,” many films were made in Chicago. One of the most successful and earliest studios was Essanay, which was founded in 1907...
Believe it or not, but during the 19th Century, 75% of everything written in the world was written with a ‘Birmingham’ pen. Nowadays people don’t even know what a pen is. You mean I have to write it down? Like write write? WHAT??? Birmingham’s Pen Museum helps to keep the...
If you are a knife-wielding firestarter, then I probably don’t want to know you. But I can at least help you out with summer plans. Maybe consider visiting the Zippo/Case Museum in Bradford, Pennsylvania. This 15,000 square foot (!) building covers the Zippo lighter’s cultural influence throughout world history, like...
I forgot I had that Google Analytics thingy, which may not have been installed properly until just recently. Besides learning most of you use Chrome and spend just a minute looking at my blog (but I spend hours on it!), last month’s stats also tell me most of you are...
Today an old acquaintance of mine is traveling to the place where we first met nearly 7 years ago. In case you were wondering, that location would be Northwest England. One of the more interesting (depending on your definition of the word) museums in the area would be Hat Works...
“Edgar Allan Poe (right), who spent time at the Academy of Natural Sciences doing research on mollusks; John Leidy, a young medical student (center); and Samuel George Morton, a physician and naturalist, at the Academy’s new building at Broad and Samson Streets in Philadelphia during the winter of 1842-43. This...
