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The Best Places Where You Can Find Mr. Rogers

Fred Rogers became a household name for his popular children's television program which celebrates its 55th anniversary in 2023. And while Mister Rogers' Neighborhood left...

Amazing Small Towns In Illinois To Visit This Year (2025)

Arcola Of all the small towns in Illinois I recently featured during my Illinois Small Town Tour - Arcola was one that seemed to gain...

Have You Seen These Fun and Quirky Missouri Attractions?

If you're looking for things to do in Missouri, it turns out there are lots of wonderful attractions for travelers passing through the "Show...

Destination Moon – The Apollo 11 Mission

On its first national tour since the 1970's - Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission is appearing at four different museums across the U.S....

Five Quirky Places To Sleep In Iowa

Sometimes you just need to try something a little bit different, unique, or even wacky when road trippin' across the country.  One of the...

Dirty Sounding American Towns

Here are some of the dirtiest sounding town names in America.   Yes, these are all legit towns.  Some are more unfortunate than others. They may...

Life On The Road In 2017

At the end of each year, I take some time to look back and reflect on all of the things I've experienced.  As usual,...

Things I Learned On The Road In 2016

  Dubuqe, Iowa has the shortest and steepest railroad in the world. Kansas is less "flat" than Florida. The greatest public green space in...

How Pickleball Saved My Life

This article was originally featured in Pickleball Magazine. For most of my life I've been somewhere in the spotlight.  I started doing ads on the...

Naples Bet On Pickleball Pays Off

Propped up against the door of my suite at Bellasera Hotel, the local newspaper has "Pickleball Tourney Worth Millions" splashed across its front page...

Joplin Still Healing Five Years Later

Bringing up the 2011 tornado that tore apart this southern Missouri town brought visible emotion to residents I met during a recent stop in...

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Kennedy Space Center: Is It Really Worth The High Cost?

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