Susan B. Anthony was a champion for women’s rights in America. When she was a child, her Quaker parents wanted to send her to school, but when the teacher refused to teach girls long division, her family hired a private tutor to teach her and other girls. She grew up Read more…
Rochester is home to Eastman Kodak and the Xerox corporation, the founders of which funded the University of Rochester in the early nineteenth century. Susan B. Anthony, a suffragette who lived before the suffragette movement existed, fought for women’s vote and registered to vote in Rochester. Notable museums in Rochester Read more…
Bedford Falls from the 1946 movie It’s a Wonderful Life was partially filmed in Seneca Falls, NY. In 1917, a man jumped from the bridge and saved a young girl from drowning in the canal at the risk of his own life. This heroic act inspired the movie where George Read more…
Canada’s largest tech festival is back in Toronto in 2022 after a pandemic-induced hiatus. Speakers from online gaming, fintech, AR/VR, and creative industries from around the world congregated at three venues along the front of Lake Ontario to network and learn more about the work of emerging tech enterprises. The Read more…
I’ve been to several canal museums and all of them are adjacent to a canal, except this one. The Syracuse section of the canal was filled up, it used to run through the middle of the city. But high demand meant that it had to be widened and that was Read more…
There’s no reason to go to Syracuse. Even the border guard made a face when I told him I was visiting Syracuse for fun. I only went because it was on the way to Seneca Falls to meet the cast of It’s a Wonderful Life. I suppose it’s a little Read more…
The same day that Queen Elizabeth II’s body was carried through the streets of London to her final resting place in Westminster Abbey, Ottawa had its own commemoration activities mirroring those in the old country. A 96-gun salute for every year of her life, an invitation-only remembrance service at Christ Read more…
After 17 states and calling stops at over three dozen towns and cities, Yakima is the most American town I’ve visited on my epic American road trip. Located almost in the center of Washington state, Yakima is well-hidden in the mountains and doesn’t get too many international tourists. In 2015, Read more…
The history of Chatham is tightly linked to the legacy of the Underground Railroad that helped up to 100,000 black slaves escape to free states and to Canada. In nearby Dresden, Reverend Josiah Henson bought 100 acres of land to establish the Dawn Settlement in the 1830s to provide escaped Read more…
Whether by bike or on foot exploring the best of Nanaimo should take no more than a day. The best way to get there is by a 20 minute flight from downtown Vancouver to downtown Nanaimo by seaplane, this way you can see everything and make it on a same Read more…