Take a Walk with Birkenstock

Even with 8 inches of snow on the ground the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park is a fascinating place to roam around and explore. It is a combination botanical garden, art museum and o...

Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the construction of one of America's most scenic trails, Walter's Wiggles. An engineering marvel, the trail is carved out of solid rock along a sheer cliff...

Taking a walk through the Heritage Hill Historic District of Grand Rapids, Michigan you will find thousands of beautiful homes dating as far back as 1843. A certain level of affluence keeps the yar...

A little more than 30 miles to the east of Emma Stebbins' Bethesda Fountain in NYC's Central Park, is the village of Huntington on Long Island. Huntington has long been the playground for people w...

Completed in 1825, the Erie Canal was a spectacular civil engineering achievement. Shipping costs for raw materials and manufactured goods plummeted. Due to its location, New York City was transfor...

Which state has the most lighthouses? ....Hint: it is a state with no oceanfront property.  When the Petite Pointe Au Sable Lighthouse was put into service in 1874 during the Ulysses S. Grant Ad...

President Gerald Ford was a good and honorable man, a refreshing change from and after Nixon resigned. Ford made a decision, which he thought correct, to pardon Richard Nixon for his crimes and co...

Chicago— the “City of the Big Shoulders,” ever-optimistic Cubs fan, industry, and the birthplace of modern architecture following the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.  High culture intermingles wit...

Today's word is escarpment. It is a geological term referring to the edge or steep slope between two landmasses formed either by erosion or uplift. A higher plateau might have harder surface rock...