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Louisville, KY

Everything unhealthy is everything Kentucky. Premium fudge, excellent whiskey, and all the fried chicken you could ever want. Get fat, get drunk, and go to bed. Wake up the next morning and lose money in a casino across the border Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsNovember 10, 2023 ago
Iconic Places

Agriculture & Food Museum

What’s a farm doing in the middle of Ottawa? It’s the  Central Experimental Farm attached to the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum. It’s about a third petting zoo, a third agricultural science, and a third agricultural innovation. After looking at Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsNovember 8, 2023 ago
Cars

2023 Audi A1 S-line 30

Distance: 298 kmDate: 30 September 2023Location: England Up front: I prefer the interior materials to the similarly-priced Hyundai Ioniq than this entry-level Audi. The Audi lacks a centre console and usable armrests on the doors making long journeys fatiguing. While Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsNovember 6, 2023 ago
Iconic Places

The Art Institute of Chicago

American art museums typically have a hodgepodge of second-rate American colonial paintings, clusters of meaningless modern sculptures, and obscure fragments of European churches. Not so in Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago consists of two wings, the old building and Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsNovember 3, 2023 ago
Iconic Places

Shedd Aquarium

This place in Chicago is 100% for children and amateur biologists. They have everything from tiny Nemo clownfish of the coral reef to dolphins of the Pacific. It’s not just fish, they also have spiders, frogs, cousins of alligators, and Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsOctober 30, 2023 ago
Iconic Places

Sears Tower

Now called the Willis Tower, the department store giant Sears once owned this Chicago landmark. The stepped-back upper floors were designed to yield a maximum window-to-floor ratio to make it attractive for tenants. Not having a gallery on the architectural Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsOctober 27, 2023 ago
Iconic Places

John Hancock Center

When the John Hancock Building in Chicago was completed in 1969 it was the second tallest building in the world after the Empire State Building, but only if you include the height of its 350-foot tall spires. Today, it’s roof Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsOctober 23, 2023 ago
Iconic Places

Museum of Science and Industry Chicago

The MSI in Chicago is one of the better science museums I’ve visited in North America, it’s probably my second favorite on the continent after the Canada Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa and undoubtedly my favorite along the Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsOctober 20, 2023 ago
Iconic Places

Field Museum

I had a field day at the Field Museum, it’s basically Chicago‘s museum of natural and human history. The entrance is graced by a titanosaurus skeleton composed of six dinosaurs looking over a pair of fighting elephants. The place is Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsOctober 16, 2023 ago
Iconic Places

Spam Museum

The iconic salty and fatty pork bricks sold in over 40 countries around the world came from Austin, Minnesota. Each country sells and cooks Spam in their own way and the museum showcases the respective different packaging and recipe from Read more…

By admin, 2 yearsOctober 13, 2023 ago

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