China’s Unnecessary Mega-Bridges! What a powerful photo: poverty-stricken Chinese farmers working in the shadow of one of the world’s greatest bridges – a bridge that is so expensive to cross they will never do so in their lifetime! “Squinting up… Read More ›
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National Hot Dog Day 2017! Five Amazing Hot Dogs To Celebrate!
Today’s The Day To Bite Down Hard! Happy Dawg Day! Yes, it’s “National Hot Dog Day”, and that means you need to stick one of these in your mouth right now! See? Even Martha Stewart celebrates this day in a… Read More ›
Tour de France’s “Outer Space” Mountain! The Tour De France Race Course Up Close!
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Let’s Head To The Moon! The Tour de France is one of the world’s most celebrated sporting events – due in part to the face that it takes place on the moon! Well, it just LOOKS…
Monterey’s Amazing Aquarium! Magical Jellyfish! Circling Sardines At Cannery Row! A REALLY BIG Fish!
Welcome To Cannery Row! Yes, it’s a real place, immortalized in John Steinbeck’s book about the lives of workers along this famous fish canning district in Monterey Bay, California – and that town has one of the world’s best Aquariums… Read More ›
China’s Amazing 999-Step Mountaintop Obstacle Course! A Glass Skywalk Too!
Welcome To Tianmen Mountain! Here is one of nature’s most amazing sights: a mountain that has a hole in it! Tianmen Mountain in China is famous for its water-eroded cave, which literally formed a “hole” in the mountain! It also… Read More ›
Walking Up Coit Tower! Alfred Hitchcock Loved San Francisco’s Iconic 400-Step Tower!
Welcome To San Francisco’s Coit Tower! While The Golden Gate Bridge may be San Francisco’s most iconic sight, the famous Coit Tower isn’t far behind… Coit Tower is a 210-foot tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, built… Read More ›
Visit Nature’s Calla Lily Valley! Amazing Pacific Ocean Adventure!
Welcome to Paradise! The unbelievable coastline of California… I forget how spectacularly beautiful this part of our country is, with obscure places to pop in and see amazing beauty, like this: Garrapata State Park – 19 Sign Posts Of Beauty!… Read More ›
Flying Pan Am’s First Class Meal In The Sky! LA’s Most EXCLUSIVE Restaurant! In Pacoima!
Welcome Aboard Pan Am! Yes, you can fly Pan Am again! Well, sort of…you see, fans of the iconic airline – and their food – were sad to see this airline go out of business in 1991… But while you… Read More ›
North Korea’s Legendary “Koryo” Burger! The Mystery Of A Mysterious Hamburger Revealed!
With North Korea in the news every day, it has led to some fascinating stories about this mysterious country – in particular THIS! North Korea Has A Legendary “Mystery Meat” Burger! Bravo to the LA Times for their story on… Read More ›
Amazing Newfoundland Iceberg Washes Ashore! Massive Wall Of Ice Becomes Instant Tourist Attraction!
Talk about a wall of ice! A small town in Newfoundland reports that an iceberg has washed ashore and has become a huge tourist attraction! Here is the story from The Guardian: A towering iceberg is causing traffic jams in… Read More ›