Take a Walk with Birkenstock

Some innovations are so effective in solving a problem that they become a foundation to a culture. However, in doing so they also become so common that we fail to notice, appreciate or understand t...

As a kid I had an ailment called Perthes disease. It didn't persist long, but during a family trip to Carlsbad Caverns I was confined to a wheelchair. So, my childhood memory of Carlsbad is totall...

UPDATE (10/07/25): Congratulations to the winner of America's Best Restroom® 2025, Bear Head Lake State Park in Ely, Minnesota! Hooray for State Parks! We were honored to be a nominee in this year'...

My mother received her degree from the University of Kansas in entomology. Therefore, I spent much of my childhood running around our yard with a butterfly net chasing monarchs, red spotted purple...

"History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” —David McCullough

After the inauguration of President Eisenhower, former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess headed to the train station to go home to Independence, MO. He had no job, no pension and no secr...

"You can do just about anything except sit around and watch television..."

The sounds of the Everley Brothers, Elvis and Buddy Holly on the loudspeakers perfectly blend with the revving of car engines and the smells of food vendors. It is a party. It is the 37th annual...

My memories of my grandfather were all of a dignified older bald man. He was a surgeon, always nattily dressed. He was soft-spoken and reassuringly serious. His name was Erastus. Although as a you...