Take a Walk with Birkenstock

Walkability is a key factor in determining the popularity of a city. At more than double the square miles of New York City, Houston has less than one-third of the population. It is a sprawling city...

Manipulating photographs is as old as photography. William H. "Dad" Martin worked in a photography studio in Ottawa, KS at the beginning of the previous century. Just as travel postcards were beco...

I was bicycling through the panhandle of Nebraska, a most beautiful part of the country, when I came upon a mailbox in the shape of a handgun.  Although my personal politics may or may not align wi...

Fort Larned is one of the best-preserved frontier forts even though many buildings were lost from neglect after it was decommissioned in 1878. The National Park Service administers Fort Larned. Th...

As a kid, I avidly read the books of the Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl. His two books Kon-Tiki and Aku-Aku dealt with the original settlement and mysteries of Easter Island. ...

With the increased popularity of automobile touring in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, roadside attractions popped up all over the country. They were built to entice you to pull over and spend money in som...

Two of my favorite silent movie stars were born in Kansas, Buster Keaton and Louise Brooks. Buster's birth story, as told by his father, may or may not be truthful. Buster's parents were part of a ...

Often when we travel, we are overly concerned with our destination. We are so eager to get there, we miss the in between things. Sometimes they can be as rewarding as our destination. Every now and...

San Francisco is famous for its eclectic neighborhoods, fabulous restaurants, cable cars and the usual tourist sites, but it's also home to a series of wonderful hiking trails. Certainly, the city ...