I’ve always been a big reader. As a traveler, one of my favorite places to seek out when visiting a new place is an independent bookstore. Even while exploring my home state, I love finding…
Back in the days of the Wild West, the cowtowns of southwest Kansas were infamous. Hardworking cowboys and rowdy outlaws converged to help foster towns full of saloons, dance halls, gambling parlors and more. Though…
Last month some friends and I hopped in the car on a sunny Saturday and headed south toward Pella for the little city’s biggest celebration—Tulip Time. Held each year in early May, Tulip Time has been on my road trip to-do list for quite some time…
Earlier this summer I ventured south to Pella for the city’s annual Tulip Time celebration, and while we were in town, we decided to take a tour of the Vermeer Mill, the tallest working windmill in the U.S…
As I was organizing some files and cleaning off old memory cards, I happened to stumble upon these photos from a trip earlier this summer of a tree in the middle of the road near Brayton, Iowa…
It’s been a long time coming, but last weekend I ventured up to Ames to explore Reiman Gardens. But more than anything, I was excited to meet Elwood the World’s Largest Concrete Garden Gnome.
I make the trip west on I-80 between Des Moines and Omaha pretty frequently for work, but somehow I’d never stopped to see this roadside oddity…
There’s no place like Liberal, Kansas! In this small southwestern Kansas town you’ll find delicious tacos, rich local history and, most notably, the home of Dorothy Gale.
I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I found an entry about L.J. Maasdam’s wheel art on Roadside America. Most of the photos were small and showed very little of what the sculpture actually looks like, but on a whim, we got off the highway. And I’m here to let you know: it’s better than you could imagine in person…
For me, getting off the beaten path is often half the fun. Thankfully, there’s no shortage of offbeat things to do in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, Alabama.