“You want me to get on THAT and go down to where?!” I wailed from high atop the Alberta Falls waterslide, looking down to an alleged pool that was well out of visual range. My 11-year-old grand-daughter nodded with a look o
“You want me to go where?” I shouted in my mind as I barreled down a harrowingly steep embankment leading into a wall of mud -- and gravel-encased woods. I was driving – or more accurately surviving – an ATV excursion at the Primland Resort i
Hundreds of people who were jammed into an amphitheater swayed and clapped their hands in time to music. Not far away, a much smaller crowd listened with rapt attention as a trio combined the sounds of mellow jazz with hip-hop.
Music fans gather in
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Sightseers at a setting near Boston enjoy a leisurely stroll through a magnificent 18th-century garden. A man in Texas plays president as he reads a speech from a teleprompter. Children in California take a pretend horseback ride with Ronald Reaga
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When it comes to surfing, Hawaii and California are of course the most famous states in the USA (and for places in the latter, like Huntington Beach, Laguna Beach, Malibu, Newport Beach, and Venice Beach, fly into Los Angeles International Airpor
Renowned as one of the United State's most signature historic destinations, America's Historic Triangle(Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown Virginia) is packed with opportunities for gaining a more informed insight into how the American Revolutio
One of the 13 original states of hte USA, Virginia is a beautiful and picturesque destination that has sandy beaches, historical attractions and many other places to delight your senses. The Blue Ridge Mountains is one of the main sites that allow yo
In school, U.S. kids still learn the patriotic poem connected to the battle of Concord and Lexington, Massachusetts that begins, “Listen, my children, and you shall hear, of the midnight ride of Paul Revere...” And on this long weekend of their coun
I'll say upfront, I'm horrified by the nightmare my country has just let itself in for, wincing at the massive damage we're going to be taking over the next four (and hopefully only four) years. So it's all the more worth noting that given the outsi
he leaves will be starting to show tinges of red, orange, and yellow so now is the time to plan for a spectacular peak season drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway, a 469-mile scenic highway that connects the Shenandoah National Park in northwestern Vir
by Allan D. Kissam A small, historic university city in the bucolic foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains,Lynchburg is truly an under-the-radar gem, founded in 1757, its hilly terrain packed with lovely 19th-century manses, historic sites, mu
Bacon's Castle - Nothing to do with beloved fried pork produdts, but still quite tasty. Out in the bucolic Virginia countryside, this architectural gem was built by a wealthy merchant and planter in 1665 and restored for public visits in 1983. It get
“Ghost hunting has grown in the past two decades from a little-known hobby to a much more popular pursuit. Ghost hunters say that, judging from the number of ghost-hunting organizations with Web sites, there are hundreds of groups with thousands of m
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William Byrd III was a man of great stature in Williamsburg before the American Revolution. His vast holdings included mills, warehouses and ships, and he owned hundreds of slaves. However due to his lavish lifestyle and gambli
