Take a Walk with Birkenstock

When most people think of Paris, the image that first comes to mind is the city’s most iconic landmark, the Eiffel Tower. Growing up in northern Minnesota, I have long admired the architectural bea...

Deep below the beautiful limestone buildings of Paris lie the artfully-arranged remains of millions of Parisians dating as far back as the 10th century. "Stop! Here is the empire of death." Lime...

The motto of the great state of Nebraska is "Equality before the law." The motto was adopted in 1867 as the territory became a state during the ratification of the 14th Amendment. To become the 37...

Within Nebraska, there are 12 Post Office murals, part of a New Deal program designed to both employ starving artists and bring art to people who rarely had access to it. The murals were intended t...

What is in a name? For years I have hiked to the top of the tallest peak east of the Rocky Mountains, now called Black Elk Peak in the heart of the Black Hills of South Dakota. The trail begins at...

The buffalo at Fort Robinson State Park in the panhandle of Nebraska have ruminant stomachs. So do the Texas Longhorns who also reside at the Fort. Ruminant stomachs have four distinct chambers, a...

All aboard the USS Potomac. The 19th-century phrase “all aboard,” initially applied to steamships with wooden decks. It comes from the French  à bord  literally meaning to get on the boat deck’s w...

Nestled beneath the Twin Peaks of Noe and Eureka is the Eureka Valley also known as The Castro, one of San Francisco's most vibrant and ever-changing historic neighborhoods. Originally the Eureka...

Plaster, when done well, has the look and feel of old-world quality and craftsmanship. For the Footprints storefront we hired Ben Graham, the local king of plasterwork, to restore our historic plas...