Podcast Transcript Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most influential and haunting voices in American literature, a writer whose imagination reshaped horror, crime writing, science fiction, and the modern short story Poe lived a life marked by poverty, personal loss, and professional struggle, yet from that turbulence he forged works of enduring power such …
I hope that everyone is enjoying their holidays. Since I’ve arrived back in Wisconsin I’ve been spending my time editing photos and trying to catch up on work which has piled up over the last few months. I had over 4,500 from the last 2 months and I’m now down to 2,000. You can see …
Podcast Transcript One of the most compelling stories in American professional sports is the rise of the American Basketball Association, or the ABA. Founded in 1967, the ABA emerged as a rival to the NBA, which had become predictable and stale. The ABA emerged as a flamboyant contrast. Fans packed tiny gyms to watch the …
Podcast Transcript Marvel Comics has been one of the most prolific comics publishers over the last century. Not only have they been one of the biggest comic publishers, but they have also created some oft he most famous fictional characters in the modern world. Popular superheroes like Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Avengers have cemented …
Podcast Transcript Almost everyone knows that the first people to climb Mount Everest were Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, who reached the summit and returned in 1953. However, some believe another group might have reached the summit nineteen years before they did. It is a debate which had raged for decades, and recently discovered evidence …
Southern Oregon and Northern California is a sparsely populated part of the country with some of the best scenery and natural attractions in the United States. Across California there is no shortage of beautiful places to visit, and that includes in the north of the state, where fewer travelers venture. Those road tripping the area …
From the World Heritage inscription: In a mountainous region in the heart of Ethiopia, some 645 km from Addis Ababa, eleven medieval monolithic churches were carved out of rock. Their building is attributed to King Lalibela who set out to construct in the 12th century a ‘New Jerusalem’ after Muslim conquests halted Christian pilgrimages to …
When the New Seven Wonders of the World came out, I added my two cents—it wasn’t always favorable, because there’s a lot that doesn’t make much sense in how that global contest panned out. Buy that list inspired me to look the countries—including the USA—that I visit with an eye toward the natural, manmade, and …
My three month North America road trip is over. This was by far the most driving I’ve ever done in a single period in my life. The final tally for what I saw and experienced was more than what I initially expected. It was a busy three months and in the end it was something …