Historic – Page 2 – Kingsnake's Home Den

Eureka was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia in 1875. It is a narrow gauge 4-4-0 engine.

Nevada Southern Railroad Museum

2014-12-10 Historic, Tourism 0

Headed up to Las Vegas for an extended weekend, partly to visit family, partly to see Penn & Teller and a boxing card. As my […]

Reims Cathedral

2014-09-17 Historic, Walking 0

We walked to the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Reims (Our Lady of Reims), which my wife & I spent about 90 minutes exploring. There has been […]

Looking from the castle walls, east past St. Giles Cathedral to Arthur's Seat.

Edinburgh Castle

2014-03-26 Historic, Tourism 0

We walked up High Street — which in Edinburgh is a mile of kebab/pizza/fish & chips restaurants, historical markers, and tourist tchotchke shops — to […]

Camp Bouse

2014-02-09 Historic, Off Roading 0

Camp Bouse was one of twelve camps in the American Army’s World War II Desert Training Center (DTC), or California-Arizona Maneuver Area (CAMA). The DTC […]

Mattie Earp's memorial in Pinal Cemetery.

Historical Pinal Cemetery

2014-01-15 Cemetery, Historic 0

After doing the Queen Trail, east of Superior, in the morning, I stopped by the Historic Pinal Cemetery on my way out of town. Despite […]

Last Railroad Trail tunnel before reaching Hoover Dam.

Historic Railroad Trail

2013-12-20 Hiking, Historic 0

This was hike #96 of the year. Took me awhile to get to the triplog as I was working on several videos. After seeing Terry […]

Fort Eben-Emael

2013-05-26 Historic 0

This was our second trip to Fort Eben-Emael, our previous one being when I visited my then girlfriend, now wife, when she still lived in […]

Valkenburg aan de Geul

2013-05-21 Hiking, Historic 0

I never want to travel anywhere again without doing a hike or walking tour. Partly for working off vacation food, but mostly to see new […]

A.T.: Crampton Gap to Turner’s Gap

2013-03-30 Hiking, Historic 0

Visiting 3-year old grandaughter for Easter, for second year in a row. Wanted to do another Maryland segment on the Appalachian Trail. Maryland is only […]

The Memorial Arch is dedicated to the officers and private soldiers of the Continental Army, December 19, 1777 to June 19, 1778.

Valley Forge

2013-03-28 Historic, Tourism 0

Terrain dictates battles. You can’t understand the battle unless you understand the terrain. And you can’t understand the terrain from the comfort of your car. […]