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Floyd (Virginia) Country Store = Traditional Appalachian music every Friday night

Crowds line up early on Friday night. (Floyd Country Store) (Updated Aug. 19, 2015 by Julianne G. Crane) If you find yourself traveling through the...

Mike the Headless Chicken Festival coming next month in Colorado

Mark your calendars for May 20 and 21 for the Mike the Headless Chicken Festival in Fruita, Colorado. Mike was a chicken who lived for...

Historic Frenchglen Hotel in Oregon

Lance camper park outside of Frenchglen Hotel Historic Site. Julianne G. Crane Kelly Everhart and John Ross. ( Julianne G. Crane ) The Frenchglen...

Maryhill Museum of Art

Sam Hill was a dreamer, and also rich. This allowed him to purchase thousands of acres of parched dry land in the east end...

Airstream Ranch – a Florida Roadside Attraction – see it before it disappears in 2017

Since 2008, travelers along I-4 between Tampa and Plant City in Florida have been getting an eyeful of the "Airstream Ranch," an unusual display...

Batter up for ‘Cactus League Spring Training’ baseball during March in Arizona

Cactus League Spring Training game.  Julianne G. Crane Where do Snowbird RVers kick back for a few hours on warm March afternoons in Metro Phoenix?...

Learn about the American Revolution at Minute Man National Historic Park

Minute Man National Historical Park in Concord, Mass., is a great place to learn about the American Revolution including the famous 1775 ride...

Lockhart — Barbecue Capital of Texas

Kreuz Market German style BBQ in Lockhart (Julianne G. Crane) (Updated: 5/30, 2016)  Texans take their barbecue seriously -- very seriously--especially in Lockhart, a small...

Fallingwater – a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece to see before you die

Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. (Updated Sept. 6. 2016) "Fallingwater," one of Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpieces, is a perfect place to spend an afternoon at one...

Bishop’s Castle — Quirky RV Short Stop in Colorado

Bishop's Castle is one man's monumental creative obsession, more than 50 years in the making. Jim Bishop began his solo project in 1969 on land...

BLM Hot Spring – a brief soak or longer stay

By Julianne G. Crane Hot Spring BLM sign. (Julianne G. Crane) For those traveling to, or from, Quartzsite -- a funky, and oh-so-relaxing, short stop...

Tour America’s Oldest Brewery — D. G. Yuengling & Son in Pottsville, Pa.

By Julianne G. Crane In 1829, David G. Yuengling, a young German immigrant, pulled his first draft and someone in the family has been brewing...

Crazy like a fox: Did miner Burro Schmidt uncover riches in hand-dug tunnel?

William Henry Schmidt, born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island in 1871 possessed none of the qualifications to become a high desert prospector, but having a...

See the wild ponies of Virginia’s Grayson Highlands State Park

Virginia's Grayson Highlands State Park is a popular place to camp, but it's also popular for its wild ponies. They were brought to...

Mission San Xavier del Bac

If you are a history buff, you know that in the west, unlike along the eastern seaboard or New England, you don’t see many...

Transport yourself to Vulcan–Alberta, that is.

Seems like many RVers are likewise Star Trek fans. Now here's a place that's off the beaten path, and out of this world.The good...

McTrain Car? McDonalds at Barstow is truly an original

You've seen one McDonalds, you've seen them all? Evidently there is at least one Mc-Restaurant that breaks the typical mold: Barstow, California off the...

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Ready to Roll

With its antique steam engines stoked, the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad kicks off a season-long celebration of train rides and special events on...

Connecticut’s RV-Friendly Welcome Centers

As an RV-friendly welcome to the state of Connecticut, the Department of Transportation has extended the welcome mat to self-contained RVers. Visitors to the...

Lake Erie Prehistoric Forest & Mystery Hill

If you fondly remember when family entertainment was simpler, the days before CGI sci-fi movies like Avatar and expensive video games that mesmerize the...

Pioche: The true Wild West

The law in remote Pioche, southeastern Nevada's richest mining town in the 1870s, was often determined by the fastest gun. The nearest population...

Look up, it’s the world’s tallest thermometer

The number One Hundred And Thirty Four carries weighty significance to travelers passing through Baker, California, even though they may not know it. Add...

South of the border fun unlimited: Puerto Penasco

It may be Margaritaville to the college set, but it is also a winter escape for snowbirds, a dose of salt and sea air,...

Discover the ancient puebloans at the Lost City Museum

Long before Howard Hughes and Bugsy Siegel, before sevens were rolled out on felt covered tables, Native Nevadans were casting dice of bones onto...

Beauvoir: At home with Jefferson Davis

Serving as both Mississippi Senator and Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce, Jefferson Davis staunchly supported slavery and states rights, though he opposed...

See a giant mammoth in Waco, Texas

Point that RV of yours toward the just opened Waco Mammoth Site in Waco, Texas, where you can see a giant Colombian Mammoth from...

Visit the World’s Shortest River in Oregon

Maybe you seek a claim to fame -- something you can brag about at all those cocktail parties you attend. A good claim to...

Cabela’s fantasy outdoors stores

As you cross the limitless plains of the American midwest and find yourself drifting off into dreams of challenging exploits, tracking grizzlies through the...

Vinyard hopping near Jerome, Arizona

This time of year, as more RVs flock to the warmer climates, some wonder, "What's to do?" If you're a vino fancier, the red...

Ash Springs: A little known Nevada desert hot spring

We were boondocking at Pahranagat National Wildlife Refuge, about 15 miles to the south of Ash Springs, which we knew had a natural hot...

Big Morongo Canyon Preserve

Overshadowed by its neighbors, upscale Palm Springs to the south and Joshua Tree National Park to the north east, Big Morongo Canyon Preserve is...

Nook Farm: Home of 19th century liberal thinkers

Women's rights and the abolitionist movement, controversial and emotional subjects in the Victorian nineteenth century, sparked lively discussions at Nook Farm, an exclusive enclave...

Out of the way places: Lee’s Ferry Campground, Arizona

Legend has it that when one of the wives of a Mormon settler came west to this spot on the Colorado River, she declared,...

Rest stop at the end of the long Interstate 70 to Colorado

There's a long, pretty stretch of highway that many RVers find themselves on. It runs from Nevada, across Utah, and on into Colorado. But...

Powerful waterfalls showcased at newest national park

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park on the Passaic River in Paterson, New Jersey is America's newest national park. It features the second-most-powerful waterfall...

Bryce Canyon Hoodoos Never Fail to Intrigue

To the Piaute, they were the "Legend People." Ages ago, men and women who acted offensively were punished for their misdeeds by being turned...

Arizona’s Kartchner Caverns a Great Summer Cool Spot

Traveling through the Arizona hot country? It's seemingly endless desert landscape can tire the patience of even the most sainted RVer. Will this hot...

Utah rock shop housed in big ‘rock’ is good stop

Mickey Davis and her husband Don operate The Rock Shop in Orderville, Utah., along lonely U.S. 89 east of Zion National Park.The shop attracts...

The friendly, hungry, ugly carp of Lake Mohave, Arizona

A short drive from Oatman, Ariz., and Laughlin, Nevada is the Lake Mohave resort of Katherine Landing. Visitors, including those who stay at the...

May is Great Time to RV to Netherlands Carillon

Back East with your RV? May is a great time to drop over to Virginia and experience the Netherlands Carillon. A gift from the...

RVers Can Rent Boats, ATVs, and More at Destination

Henry David Thoreau warned: "Beware of ventures requiring new clothes." As RVers, most of us have the clothes we need at any stop. But...

This May be the Year to RV Yellowstone

If the seeming "dire" predictions of the local visitor bureaus are correct, this might be the year to consider a long-delayed trip to...

Best California Rest Area for RVers

Most of us would rather not spend the night in a highway rest area--particularly along an interstate highway. The noise, lack of privacy, frequent...

Learn Digital Photography in Texas’ Biggest State Park

If you said, "Big Bend" as the answer to what is the biggest state park in the big state of Texas, you're right on...

New Virtual Tour of Hearst Castle

What has 56 bedrooms, 61 bathrooms, 19 sitting rooms, 127 acres of gardens, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, tennis courts, a movie theater, an...

“Giant Rock” That Nearly Crushed RV a Cosmic Attraction

Said to be perhaps the world's tallest freestanding rock, "Giant Rock" near Landers, California has an interesting history. At over seven stories tall, it...

California’s Point Cabrillo Lighthouse

There's just a fascination with lighthouses. Stationed on a wind-swept bluff, overlooking an infinity of open ocean, carrying out their assignment decade after decade....

Dine on a free potato at Idaho Potato Museum

See the world's largest potato chip at the Idaho Potato Museum and learn how the popular veggies played an important role in the life...

Smallest post office makes for fun RV quick stop

America's smallest post office is in a tiny 56-square-foot building in Ochopee, Florida, population 11. Its lone mail carrier drives 132 miles a day...

Unique pet cemetery memorializes old friends

For RVers, traveling pets are more than just companions, they become part of the family. When that sad day arrives when they're no...