Each year, TIME makes a list of the World’s Greatest Places. TIME for Kids picks its favorites. This year’s list has something for everyone, from delicious local food to close encounters with wildlife. Maybe you like scenic outdoor adventures. Maybe you prefer brain-bending science museums....
But it’s easy to overlook the Driftless. We’ve blasted by it countless times on the way to Chicago, Madison or Milwaukee from our home in Minneapolis, always thinking “gotta go there.” So this time, forgoing the cities, we made the Driftless our destination, dipping south from I-90...
(I had to go through some actual mourning when I finally came to terms with the fact that they are probably not summer camp kids and will likely never sleep away at my childhood haunt.) . This makes it all the sweeter when they genuinely fall in love with something that makes my world...
2. The Downer.Go to your Facebook wall. Arrange your page settings so that only your own posts are visible. Read through them and notice whether there’s a general theme/trend of negativity. Because whileyoumay not have noticed that you spend 90% of your time on Facebook being negative,...
Some places were named after the activities that used to go on at those places.Bras Basah Road is an interesting example, “Base Basah” means “wet rice” in Malay(马来语).Now why would anyone want to name a road “Wet Rice Road”? The reason is simple.During the pioneering days, we...
These days crime fiction is a lens to look at any social, political or cultural issue you want to read or learn about and be entertained at the same time. It’s part info-tainment, part-atlas, so you can go places you never would on your own. ...
A middle-aged Japanese man was holding a sign that read, “Please use our 39 .” He was 40 his house for people to go to the restroom. My friend wanted to 41 others. He stood in the cold with a sign “If you are okay with a motorcycle, I will 42 you to your house.” And ...
I decided that I was the champion of kids who were discriminated against because of the way they look or the music they listen to. I would go out of my way to seem shocking or scary in an absolute challenge for anyone to find me anything but a sweet kid with a big heart and prove...
It’s a popular but still fairly small chain from where you can find an interesting variety of not just ice cream but also different kinds of shakes. Just like Coffeenie’s frappe, they are likely to induce quite the sugar high, but at least you’ll go down smiling and happy from all...
Every child fears the dark, so when Sara wakes up screaming about the dark, her mother, Kate Jacobs, attributes it to a child’s nightmare. When a hit-and-run driver almost killsRead more BarbaraMarch 26, 2018 Chapter 1 “The dark! It’s watching me–make it go away!” ...