Uncovering The Corners Of The World

We browse books this week at a library that is located both in the US and in Canada. Next, we tour the Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream factory before we learn more about the American Resolution at Mount Independence.

RVs or motorhomes have been around since the early 1900s, but how exactly has camping and traveling changed since then? In Elkhart, Indiana, we travel through time at the RV/MH Hall of Fame to see the evolution of RVs, trailers, and motorhomes from the earliest models to the modern types. Next, we visit Indianapolis, or rather the catacombs that lie underneath the city. Lastly, we stopped by Mento...

Brace yourself for the cold this week as we head to the coldest place on Earth: Antarctica. Our first stop in Antarctica is to see Blood Falls, a red-colored waterfall. Next, we stroll through homes that were constructed as part of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914, known as Mawson's Huts. Lastly, we send a postcard from the only post office located in Antarctica.  Welcome to...

From skijoring (a racing sport where a skier gets pulled by a horse) to broomball tournaments to keg toss competitions, these are some of the wildest winter activities and sports that you can find at the carnivals in Colorado, Minnesota, and Iowa.  Luckily, if you are looking for a way to start off your New Year, these carnivals are scheduled for January and February 2023.  Happy New Year! 

Have you ever tried sandboarding? We grab our sandboards and surf the tallest sand dunes in North America at Great Sand Dunes National Park. Next, we search for gold at Argo Gold Mill and Tunnel. Lastly, we spend a few hours perusing comic books at Mile High Comics Megastore. 

Surrounded by the San Isabel National Forest, we visit a stone-castle with a tower that measures 160 feet. Next, we see the largest cliff dwelling with 150 rooms at the Mesa Verde National Park. Lastly, we board a locomotive that weaves through mesmerizing and picturesque landscapes within the San Juan National Forest. 

On this spooky adventure, we visit the Salem Witch Village in Massachusetts to learn about the infamous Salem Witch Trials. Next, we fly to California to walk through Bodie (at Bodie State Historic Park), a once thriving gold-mining Wild West town that is now abandoned and cursed. Lastly, we question whether Bigfoot, Yetis, and the Loch Ness Monster are just fictional creatures at the Internationa...

Everything is covered in salt:  the stairs, the walls, the statues, and the chandeliers hanging above are covered in salt crystals.  We travel to Poland this week and walk down at least 320 stairs to explore the Wieliczka Salt Mine. While we are underground, we join the next tour group and visit the Cracow Saltworks Museum (Muzeum Żup Krakowskich Wieliczka), the largest underground museu...

We’re back in Georgia this week as we explore the ruins of an old mill that produced uniforms for soldiers in the 1840s. Next, we test our taste buds and noses at the World of Coco-Cola museum before we pet alpacas and llamas in Atlanta, Georgia. 

No internet service. No cell service. If you're lucky, the last text message you'll get will say "Welcome to Canada," once you depart the ferry on Kelleys Island.  We visit Kelleys Island, an island on Lake Erie with more golf carts than cars, even though there is only one golf course (and it's for miniature golf). It's the perfect weekend getaway where we examine the delicate flowers in Kell...

This week we are traveling to Georgia to walk through a museum with more than 3,500 lunchboxes at The Lunchbox Museum in Columbus. Next, we sail a boat to Cumberland Island to see the ruins of a mansion from 1884. Lastly, we hike on a trail to see the Little Grand Canyon, a canyon, that is about 1/30th the depth of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Check out Uncovering the Corners of the World podcast...

70 miles west of Key West is Dry Tortugas National Park, our first attraction this week. Next we travel to Ocala to see the Gypsy Vanner Horses at the Gypsy Gold Horse Farm before we dip our toes into the Warm Mineral Springs in North Port. Lastly, we tour the Pirate and Treasure Museum to learn about the history of pirates. 

Welcome to season 4! We are on the road this week as we travel to the Florida Keys. Along the way, we tour the only International Towing Museum in the world that happens to be in Tennessee before we head off on an expedition through the Myakka River State Park which is home to not only alligators but other wild creatures. Lastly, we drive on a highway that crosses open waters and is near an island...

A legend that is celebrated and feared in Point Pleasant, West Virginia is what we are exploring today at the Mothman Museum. Next, we take a bite out of historic candy that was popular in the 1800s and 1900s. After that, we climb to the top of the Thorny Mountain Fire Tower at Seneca State Forest for a view that takes our breath away. Happy 1st Day of May! 

The laws of gravity don't seem to apply as we tour the "Mystery Hole" in Ansted. In Cameron, we examine artifacts that may or may not emit energy that sends chills running down our spine at the Archive of the Afterlife or the National Museum of the Paranormal. Then we face our fear of heights on the bridge walk (an open-air 88 stories high catwalk) under the New River Gorge Bridge. 

Where exactly did Country Music originate in the U.S.? Can we still find wild horses in Virginia today? Is it true that Jefferson had a garden with over 330 varieties of vegetables? These are the questions we are finding the answers to this week as we travel to Virginia to the Birthplace of Country Music Museum, Chincoteague Island, and Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, where you'll find fruits and v...

Driving above and underwater through the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel Bridge is the first attraction for this week in Virginia. Next we drink whiskey at a distillery that produced 11,000 gallons of whiskey in 1799 and was owned by the first president of the United States. Then we tour the First Peanut Museum in the United States at the Miles B. Carpenter Folk Art Museum.  *Updated Audio

We are leaving Ohio's islands for now, and traveling to attractions within the state. Our first stop is to a mound that measures about 800 feet in circumference. Next, we drive over to see American and British television sets that were made before the 1940s, and who knows they might still work?! We end our trip by walking through a park to see the painting, "A Sunday Afternoon On The Island of LaG...

With only a few miles away from the Canadian border is Kelleys Island and South Bass Island (also known as Put-In-Bay Island), two of Ohio's Islands on Lake Erie. On South Bass Island, we explore an underground lake, a cave full of crystals that were once sold to manufacturers of fireworks, and a house full of butterflies. On Kelleys Island, we take a look at the history behind Glacial Grooves...

Happy New Year! As we count the hours and minutes left of 2021, our first stop is to New York to see the Times Square ball drop and the Polar Plunge on January 1st. Next we drive over to Mobile, Alabama to see a Moon Pie Drop. Then we visit the town of Marion in North Carolina, the state where "The Gold Rush" first started, to see the Golden Nugget Drop. Lastly, we take a ride on the luxuriou...

Traveling to Pennsylvania to see The Rolling Stones concert?! Joining me for this episode is returning guest, Collin Sugg, host of the podcast "History from the Back Pages," and co-host of "The Bull and Hawks Show." On this episode, he shares his stories and recommendations from his vacation trip in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) from going to The Rolling Stones concert to touring art galleries such as...

Paint peels from the ceiling, rusty bed frames sit in the dark cells, and we walk the prison grounds of Old Joliet Prison in Joliet, Illinois. Next, we drive around Winnetka, Illinois to find the actual house that Kevin McCallister from "Home Alone" set up homemade booby-traps in. Lastly, we stroll through a park filled with trees, flowers, shrubs....and tanks? 

A Historical Time Capsule is how I would describe walking through Bardstown, Kentucky. This week we take a historical tour of the Bardstown as we visit four museums: The Civil War Museum, Old Bardstown Village & Civil, The General Hal Moore Military Museum and the Women's Civil War Museum. 

We are flying over to Poland where we explore a beautifully painted town of Zalipie and then the smell of Gingerbread invites us to the Gingerbread Museum in Toruń. This is a bilingual episode, recorded in both English and Polish.

Touring the Creation Museum, we learn about the creationist perspective’s answer to the question: who were the first humans on Earth? Next we board Noah’s Ark that is 510 feet long. Then we study bourbon history at the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History in the state that produces 95% of the world’s bourbon.