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Join our adventure in the story links below. Discover how three college towns gave us three completely different experiences. Each campus showed us an array…
Continue reading → 3 Southern US States, 3 Universities, 3 Styles
Our first visit to the state of Alabama started out with a bang—of lightning, that is. The whipping wind in Birmingham warned us of the…
Continue reading → A Whirlwind (literally) of Grandeur in Tuscaloosa at the University of Alabama
Jubilant students on TV rushed to ring a chapel bell as Georgia beat Alabama in the college football national championship game. A few weeks later,…
Continue reading → Finding a Haven at the University of Georgia
Just a couple blocks from the South Carolina State House, we enter through one of two openings in the brick "Horseshoe Wall" that once protected…
Continue reading → Guided by Warm Charm at the University of South Carolina
Mostly improved, but missing one thing—the restaurant The centerpiece of the 1962 World's Fair, the futuristic Space Needle got a $100 million renovation—mostly for the…
My life took a detour, years ago, when I settled for a while in one of the world’s most majestic settings. From here I was…
Continue reading → My Personal Soul-Searching Journey to Lake Tahoe, California
National Mall — “America’s Front Yard” — is the heart and soul of Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), the capital of the United States of America;…
Winter Deluge Enhanced the Beauty of this Natural Treasure Original article on Medium Yosemite Valley — photo by Caden Giaudrone Wet Winter February 2017 — according to reports, this was…
Our visit to Los Angeles over Thanksgiving reminded me of how fortunate I am, how grateful I feel... and how much there is to see…
This lavish estate, inspired by Spanish Colonial and Mission style architecture, was the ultimate achievement of architect, Julia Morgan. The Hearst Castle remains a symbol of…