Everything is badly hand-painted in Poteet, but that's half the charm.A third strawberry, actually bigger than the civic concrete one, has been plunked in front of the Strawberry Pit food mart for over 30 years.Poteet holds its annual Strawberry Festival in mid-April. While other towns ...
There has been a lot of attention lately on the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge that occurred on March 26. The constant stream of stories about the bridge got me thinking about bridges here in Massachusetts. Get our free mobile app When on my travels I enjoy seeing and driving ov...
Today, the convenience store still prides itself on its all-day, every-day place to buy fresh, built-to-order foods, beverages, and more. Their chains can be found in Pennsylvania, New Jersey,Delaware, Maryland,Virginia, Florida, and Washington D.C. They still operate as a privately held...
Once utilized by native tribes 8,000 years ago to track giant sloths and mammoths, Zion Canyon was later settled by Mormon pioneers in the 1860s. Due to flash floods, early settlers faced great difficulty in the park as the sudden onslaught of raging waters could wash away entire towns. ...
Craigsville, West Virginia(core veneer)242 Columbia Forest Products RoadCraigsville, WV 26205304.742.5317 Columbia’s WV hardwood plywood mill is situated in a state often called “Almost Heaven”. Craigsville is a small town, close to larger Summersville. The lake there attracts many boaters, fis...
Curling has been a part of the Winter Olympics since 1932. However, it just started gaining popularity with everyday Michiganders in the last 10 or 20 years. Now many Michigan towns, large and small, have Curling Clubs. Visit Frozen Lighthouses ...
At first, I thought that sounded like a small number, but Meijer isn't the kind of chain that would locate in smaller cities and towns like those ahead of it would. Scott Olson/Getty Images 6. Food City -- 15 locations Outside of the Food City 500 NASCAR race, I was completely unfa...
Rising rivers throughout the northern and central Plains in March 2019 flooded farms, towns, and cities. The flooding was caused by an aggressive storm system throughout the central U.S. that brought heavy winds, whiteout snow conditions, and downpours all the way from Colorado to North Dakot...
The traditional house in northern Halmahera is octagonal, and villages consist of one-family houses grouped around a square, in the middle of which is a temple. The chief towns are Gani in the south, Patani in the east, Weda in the centre, and Kau, Tobelo, Galela, Laloda, Sahu, and...
In this Plain Dealer file photo, a crowd of anglers gather on the Maumee River during a the annual walleye spring spawning run. Thousands of fishermen, many from other states, have jammed rivers and towns in Northwest Ohio, leading Ohio officials to end non...