Take a Walk with Birkenstock

In preparation for the recent Memorial Day, the grounds of the Liberty Memorial were ablaze in red, white and blue flags, as they were on the dedication day on November 11, 1926. These grounds have...

In November 1936, the first issue of Life Magazine was published. In that issue, a major article on the life and work of Regionalist painter John Stuart Curry appeared. The murals in the Footprints...

The political slogan "Drain the swamp" does an injustice to wetlands or swamps, without doing anything to reduce political corruption. Wetlands are not corrupt. They are incredibly valuable for bot...

If I were to tell the story of the Washita Massacre in a "patriotic" fashion, I would tell how George Armstrong Custer was a bold leader, charismatic and fearless. He fought blood-thirsty savages t...

In May of 1903, Teddy Roosevelt went to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and proclaimed, “Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it." Roosevelt was a voracious reader. Reportedly, reading a boo...

Since ancient times, humans have peered into the night sky and wondered. Planets traverse the sky differently than stars, so we have been aware of the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Sat...

I have had the great pleasure of visiting New Zealand three or four times over the decades. At 102,500 square miles, this diverse and beautiful island country is about 20% larger than our state of ...

I first encountered the Josyln Art Museum, as I retraced Lewis and Clark's passage up the Missouri River. I had read Stephen Ambrose's book, Undaunted Courage, and wanted to follow the Corps of Dis...

Nebraska City, home of Arbor Day, is located in Southeast Nebraska on the banks of the Missouri River. When European settlers first arrived, trees were scarce. Amongst those early settlers were Jul...