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We drove over to Nauvoo (Illinois) for dinner one night and got caught by the bridge opening up. This happens several times a day. Wikipedia...

While I was in Fort Madison (Iowa) Andy & I took his boat out for a cruise on the Mississippi. They have a really big pivot bridge there...

Sacred Heart Church Supposedly I was baptized here, and an old friend of the family is very involved, so it made sense to stop by and say he...

When we were coming into the Minneapolis-St.Paul airport I noticed another aircraft apparently hanging in the air off to our left. I imagine...

On my last night in Columbus an old friend took me out for dinner at La Hacienda Real, a Mexican restaurant. The restaurant was nice, the pr...

Unlike the old jail, the courthouse is still in use. The older buildings on the square around the courthouse are barely hanging on, but the ...

Longaberger Picnic Basket Building Longaberger  company. Update December 2025 replace missing Picasa  image.

I am out walking around downtown Newark (Ohio) a couple of weeks ago and I spy this huge black stone edifice . Boy, did that bring back me...

I really lucked out on my trip to the Midwest. The weather was "simply marvelous, darling"*. I had been expecting 90 degrees Fahre...

I am back from two weeks in the Midwest. If this trip had a theme it was "failure to communicate". I talked to 50 or 60 different ...