I had my first and only visit to Niagara Falls in the Summer of 1999. The falls were impressive and yes I did put on the rain coat and toured them close up via the little boats shown below.
Category Archives: Historic Buildings
My Favorite Vacation Place…
Yet another picture of my favorite vacation place and that is Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. You get good exercise hiking to the many ruins and when you get there it has a definite spiritual quality. I enjoy just sitting at the ruins and taking it all in.
Bent’s Old Fort…
July 2009 – Bent’s Old Fort One of my favorite places to be…
Mackinac Island
Island House Hotel – A nice place to stay while visiting Mackinac Island.
Patience and Simplicity… 2
I can’t imagine the patience it takes to make one of these stone walls found at the Pleasant Hill Shaker Village near Lexington KY and there are hundreds of feet of them there.
Mayowood Mansion – MN 2003
The Mayowood mansion was the home of the founders of the Mayo Clinic.
Pleasant Hill KY – 2003
For me this is one of the most perfectly composed pictures I have ever taken. It is of the top storage area in the main community building for the Shaker village. I have been there on several occasions and never tire of going back.
Truman Library – Independence Mo. – 2003
Here is a picture of the lobby of the Truman Presidential Library in Independence Mo. While the library was somewhat minimal compared to our recent presidents. This mural was outstanding.
Diners… Freehold NJ 1999
One thing I definitely miss about New Jersey is all the diners that were there. We frequented many of them but this one was perhaps our favorite. If you notice from the picture that gas prices were considerably different in those years!!
Longaberger HQ – Ohio 2008
I know this isn’t a barn but I guess you could label it a “historic” building? It is the Longaberger Basket Company headquarters in Ohio
Yankton SD – 2009
It was interesting to see this mural that was being painted on the side of the Walnut Tavern in Yankton SD. The town had a lot of history relative to Missouri River commerce in the 1800s.
Corn Palace Mural – June 2009
Let’s take a closer look at one of the murals from the Corn Palace in Mitchell, S.D. They really are made of corn and are changed every couple of years.
Corn Palace – June 2009
I was at the Corn Palace in Mitchell S.D. when I was a kid in the 1960s. It was nice to visit it again and to see that it is still around.
Living History Farms, Des Moines–Sept 2010
This was part of the village at the Farms. The main attraction were three farms representing different eras of America’s past. It was a neat place to visit.
Pleasant Hill KY – October 2002
Wright Brothers Bicycle Shop–April 1992
This picture was taken at the Henry Ford Deerborn Village in 1992. I know the think (whatever it is) in the foreground is distracting but it is the only shot I took of the front of the store.
Edison’s Home in Menlo Park, NJ–August 1997
This was a day well spent. Make your you also visit his labs in Menlo Park. Interesting stuff there.
