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Historical Tourism in Pennsylvania

Bucks County is one of the three original counties created by William Penn in 1682. Pennsbury Manor stands on the point of land formed by the Delaware River between Morrisville and Bristol. Painstaking research went into restoring the prim-fronted, three-storied, brick manor-house, rebuilt on the original foundations. Read More

Lehigh Valley Allentown was a rural village founded in 1762 by William Allen, Chief Justice of Colonial Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court. By 1829 Allentown expanded from a small Pennsylvania Dutch village of farmers and tradesmen to a center of commerce. With the opening of the Lehigh Canal, many canal workers made their homes here. Read More

The Lehigh Valley Gave Birth to America’s Industrial Revolution

The Brandywine Valley, facing an industrial development that would impact a largely rural community, focused on Development & Conservancy Issues, including floodplain areas that threatened to devastate water supplies in parts of the Delaware River Valley. Local residents bought endangered land and initiated conservation easements that now protect five and one-half miles along the Brandywine River. 

Hudson Delaware and Susquehanna River Trails

In Philadelphia, the waterfront is now a 6 mile walking and biking destination. Trail features include streetscape improvements along the entire waterfront trail, a bi-directional bikeway, pedestrian walkway and rain gardens that collect the first inch of storm water, relieving the city sewer system during major weather events, as well as benches, bike racks, decorative street pavers and innovative solar trail lighting. Center City offers a thriving culture and entertainment scene as well as contemporary arts museum with training programs and study tours for students, aspiring artists and family traveling. 

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Louisville Kentucky

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Louisville is centrally located along the Ohio River and is one America’s most accessible cities within a day’s drive of more than half the nation’s population.

History this city has a colorful past, from its frontier founding at the time of the American Revolution, to early 19^th century steamboats and as a Union base during the Civil War. Named for King Louis XVI of France in appreciation for his assistance during the Revolutionary War, Louisville was founded by George Rogers Clark in 1778 becoming Kentucky’s largest city by 1830. Strategically located at the Falls of the Ohio, Louisville was a major commercial center with river transportation supplemented by the Louisville & Nashville Railroad, chartered in 1850 and operating 1,800 miles by 1920. Read More

Minnesota

River Towns Lakes State Parks Performing Arts and Local Brew Traditions

Minnesota means clear blue water from the Dakota language. Nearly 60 percent of the population lives in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the center of transportation, business, industry, education, government and an internationally renowned arts community. The remainder of the Land of 10,000 Lakes consists of western prairies, forests in the southeast and mining, forestry, and recreation in the North Woods.

The Twin Cities besides the Mississippi river, they are also connected by the Metro Green Line light rail, which runs between Minneapolis’ Target Field and St. Paul’s Union Depot, with more than 20 stops.

Performing Arts Minnesota is home to a number of older stages that have been recently restored Read More

River Towns Route 66 Chicago South Dakota Western and Native American Heritage

South Dakota

Aberdeen before the arrival of European settlers, the area was inhabited by the Sioux Indians. The first group of Euro-American settlers to reach the area in the 1820s was a party of four people, three horses, two mules, fifteen cattle, and two wagons. This group of settlers was later joined by another group the following spring, and eventually more settlers migrated toward this general area. Like many towns of the Midwest, Aberdeen was built around the newly developing railroads. Officially plotted as a town site on January 3, 1881 by the Milwaukee Road which was presided over by Alexander Mitchell, who was born in Scotland, hence the name Aberdeen. The town was officially founded on July 6, 1881, the date of the first arrival of a Milwaukee Railroad train.

Aberdeen the perfect family destination

The Dacotah Prairie Museum The idea for a community museum in Aberdeen dates back almost 70 years. In 1938, John Murphy, a Northern State College professor, and Marc Cleworth, a salesman, created the Northern South Dakota History Museum which was housed in the Central building on Northern's campus. The collection of this first museum grew rapidly through loans and donations until by 1941, it had amassed a collection of over 500 items. Read More

Rapid City is centrally located to visit the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, the Crazy Horse Memorial, Custer State Park and the Badlands. Western and Native American Heritage throughout the city you will find Native American history exhibits, fine arts displays, and interactive museums like the Journey Museum that takes you from the formation of the Black Hills over 2.5 billion years ago to the continuing saga of the Western frontier. Read More

Seattle Washington

Seattle is surrounded by water, mountains and evergreen forests, and encompasses thousands of acres of parkland. Located between the saltwater Puget Sound to the west and Lake Washington to the east, the city's chief harbor is Elliott Bay. North of the city center, Lake Washington Ship Canal connects Puget Sound to Lake Washington, incorporating four natural bodies of water: Lake Union, Salmon Bay, Portage Bay and Union Bay.

A Major Gateway for Trade with Asia and the Third Largest Port in North America

From Logging to High Tech logging was Seattle's first major industry, and by the late 19^th century the city also became a commercial and shipbuilding center as a gateway to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. In the 1940s, Boeing established Seattle as a center for aircraft manufacturing and, beginning in the 1980s, the area developed as a technology center with companies like Microsoft and Amazon. Read More

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Minnesota River Towns Lakes State Parks Performing Arts and Local Brew Traditions

Minnesota means clear blue water from the Dakota language. Nearly 60 percent of the population lives in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the center of transportation, business, industry, education, government and an internationally renowned arts community. The remainder of the Land of 10,000 Lakes consists of western prairies, forests in the southeast and mining, forestry, and recreation in the North Woods.

The Twin Cities besides the Mississippi river, they are also connected by the Metro Green Line light rail, which runs between Minneapolis’ Target Field and St. Paul’s Union Depot, with more than 20 stops.

Performing Arts Minnesota is home to a number of older stages that have been recently restored

Fergus Falls built in 1921 as the Orpheus, and later known as the Fergus Theatre, this venue has evolved from vaudeville to film and back to stage performances. The Center for the Arts remodeled and updated the space in 1995, showcasing a variety of live performances.

St Cloud the Sherman Theatre opened in 1921 and was renamed as the Paramount in 1930. Like other venues, it transitioned from vaudeville to cinema to disrepair and renovation, transforming into a multimedia arts center, keeping the original design, acoustics and decor intact.

Minneapolis historic venues include First Avenue with a history of live rock music.

Native American Heritage indigenous people have lived in what is now Minnesota for thousands of years. When the Europeans arrived the predominant American Indian tribe was the Dakota. As explorers and settlers moved west, the Ojibwe, who lived in the central Great Lakes region, were forced into Dakota Territory. The resulting migration resulted in the Dakota residing primarily in the prairies of the Minnesota River Valley and points south and west, while the Ojibwe inhabited the lakes and forests of north and central Minnesota.

Lakes and Fishing Minnesota has many bodies of water and more shoreline than California, Florida and Hawaii combined. The deep, cold waters of Lake Superior, the world’s largest freshwater lake, offer charter fishing for native lake trout as well as steelhead, chinook, salmon and walleye. Aside from the Mississippi, other rivers include the Minnesota, St. Croix and Red River of the North, where anglers can reel catfish or northern pike, smallmouth bass, walleye, pan fish and over 100 lesser-known species. Northern pike are one of the most widespread fish in the state, from the backwaters of the Mississippi to the wilderness lakes of canoe country.

Minnesota has 4,000 miles of Scenic Paved Biking Trails

The State Park System begins at the source of America’s greatest river. Itasca State Park, one of 67 state parks, is home to the headwaters of the Mississippi River, was established in 1891, launching what is now the second-oldest state park system in the nation. Most are on lakes or rivers with opportunities for boating, canoeing, fishing and swimming, with hundreds of miles of hiking trails through forests, bogs, grasslands, and along riverbanks and lakeshores.

Jay Cooke State Park 20 miles southwest of Duluth, follows the rugged, rocky St. Louis River, which thunders when the water is high. Whitewater rafting trips are hosted on the river in nearby Carlton, and the University of Minnesota Duluth runs the Kayak and Canoe Institute just outside the park boundaries, with classes open to the public.

The River Towns of southeast Minnesota are perfect for a weekend packed with activities. Only 60 miles from the Twin Cities, the town of Red Wing, tucked between bluffs and river, has many historic Victorian properties and farmhouses. The St James hotel, dating to the 1880s, offers elegant dining overlooking the Mississippi River and is near the Amtrak Depot, built in 1904, with an art gallery and visitor center.

Winona is an arts and cultural center. The riverside Minnesota Marine Art Museum, with three major galleries, holds hundreds of fine art pieces, including works by Picasso, Van Gogh and Monet, depicting lakes, oceans and rivers. Enjoy a stroll around Lake Winona. The Garvin Heights overlook features panoramic views of the town and Mississippi River Valley.

New Ulm follow the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway and experience Old World German heritage through unique architecture, restaurants and shops selling German imports, from chocolates to cuckoo clocks. A traditional Glockenspiel features figures from the town’s history; you can also take a narrated history tour downtown.

Wines and Brews on a scenic estate tucked back into the woods is Schell’s, the country’s second-oldest family-run brewery. Celebrate the release of Schell’s seasonal bock beer at the annual Bock Fest on Feb. 6, the same day New Ulm celebrates Fasching, the German Mardi Gras.The town also offers one of the state’s best-established vineyards. Weekend visitors can enjoy live music and pizzas at the countryside winery weekends through December, or at The Grand Kabaret weekends throughout the winter.

Fitger’ Brewhouse in Duluth boasts more than 100 beer recipes and a connection to a North Shore brewing tradition that dates back to the 19th century, A Duluth legend, the brewery's tanks are scattered throughout the complex and can visited.

Lift Bridge in Stillwater was the first on-site brewery taproom in Minnesota, part brewery, part neighborhood hangout, and an opportunity to taste some interesting brews.
Summit Brewing in St Paul is a leader of the modern Minnesota craft beer movement with the release of its ever-popular Extra Pale Ale in 1986. Since its launch, the brewery has expanded both its production facility in St. Paul and its brewing horizons, releasing new year-round and limited-run beers that are among the most popular in the Upper Midwest.

Minnesota River Towns Lakes State Parks Performing Arts and Local Brew Traditions