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The Palmer House is a historic hotel and restaurant in Sauk Centre, Minnesota. Depending on your interests, the Palmer House is either famous as the model for the Minniemashie House in Sinclair Lewis’ Main Read More …
Como Conservatory and Japanese garden offer a chance to connect with nature through carefully maintained gardens. Como Conservatory As our gloomy spring weather continues, a quick trip to the tropics seems in order. Thanks to Read More …
It isn’t often that I look forward to the hike between airport concourses. However, at O’Hare, the trip between Concourse B and C is enlivened by cheerful neon lighting that zips and zings above as Read More …
While spring has been slow to come this year, the trees have (finally) burst into bloom. It is still too cool and rainy to come to the park for a picnic or a concert, but Read More …
>In the spring of 1991 I had the opportunity to go to New Orleans to attend a conference.I didn’t know anyone else who was going, so I was delighted to discover that a friend from Read More …
The ZenYard Guest House offers a peaceful respite in Phoenix, Arizona This review was originally published in 2013. The property may not be in business anymore. On what was a bit of a whim, we Read More …
Basha’s gallery is no longer open. There was a treasure trove of western art tucked away in a nondescript office building at the headquarters of Basha grocery chain in Chandler, Arizona. The Basha Collection of Read More …
The day has become clear and beautiful, so I convince my family that we should take a drive along the striking Apache Trail. We go past Canyon Lake and turn around Tortilla Flat to check Read More …
At the edge of the Phoenix metropolitan area, the Superstition Mountain Museum in Apache Junction, Arizona, keeps the spirit of the Old West alive through exhibits, demonstrations, and stories about the mountains and the people Read More …
America’s Taco Shop (named for owner America Corrales), would be easy to drive right by – another taco place in a city filled with them. However, driving by would be a mistake, as the small Read More …