Open to the public on June 6, we visited Michigan’s Heritage Park at Hilt’s Landing earlier this week. Affiliated with the Lakeshore Museum Center, the newest historic site has been under construction for some time. A seasonal attraction (the facility…
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With a population hovering around 50,000 Oregonians, Albany is one of the twenty most populous cities in the state. Named in honor of Albany, New York, the Oregon counterpart has the largest variety of historical buildings in the state. A…
Nicknamed the “Gate City to the West,” Omaha, Nebraska is historically significant as a jumping off point for the Oregon Trail, Mormon Trail, and later the Union Pacific Railroad. A centrally-located driving point for many Midwestern and Western states, here…
Located at 503 1st Avenue on the Western edge of downtown historic Albany, Oregon is the Historic Carousel & Museum—a building scheduled to be demolished in about three years. And when this happens, the Albany community will celebrate like the…
Today is the 2015 World Oceans Day and it only seems fitting to write a bit about our recent trip to the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, Oregon. Affiliated with Oregon State University, HMSC is nearing its 50th anniversary…
On one end of the East Market District known as New Louisville, two giant outdoor chalk boards welcome visitors to the eclectic shopping and dining district simply known as NuLu. A community art project, people of all walks of life…