10 articles tagged with military history
When most travelers plot their American adventures, North Dakota rarely tops the list – and that, my friends, is their loss and our gain. As someone who's trekked through forgotten WWII bunkers in Poland and slept in converted military barracks...
The plains of southwestern Oklahoma aren't typically on most travelers' radar, but as someone who's spent decades peeling back historical layers in unexpected places, I've found that Lawton offers a fascinating convergence of American military heritage, Indigenous history, and contemporary...
I've logged enough miles across America to wrap this planet twice, but there's something about Louisiana that keeps pulling me back. Bossier City might live in the shadow of its flashier sister Shreveport across the Red River, but trust me...
There's something eerily familiar about North Dakota's badlands that reminds me of the rugged Scottish highlands I explored as a lad—minus the rain, of course. When my American colleague suggested Dickinson as a base for exploring western North Dakota, I...
Standing on the shores of Iron Bottom Sound, watching the turquoise waters gently lap against the beach, it's hard to imagine that these same peaceful waters once ran red with the blood of thousands of American, Japanese, and Allied soldiers....
Growing up just a few provinces over in Halifax, I always thought I knew Canadian cities well. But Edmonton? This prairie gem completely surprised me when I first visited five years ago to present at a speech therapy conference. What...
Standing at the confluence of the Ohio River and history, Evansville presents a fascinating paradox. While this Southern Indiana city might not feature on typical travel itineraries, its historical layers unfold like the pages of a well-worn atlas—each corner revealing...
The first time I rolled into Midwest City, I was chasing a lead on a community theater production of *Oklahoma!* that was, ironically enough, supposed to be spectacular. What I found instead was a charming pocket of Americana that's managed...
There's something profoundly stirring about standing beneath the vast Oklahoma sky, watching aircraft slice through clouds like celestial bodies traversing the night. As someone who typically seeks out dark skies for stargazing, I found an unexpected parallel passion in Midwest...
Standing at the easternmost terminus of the Trans-Siberian Railway, Vladivostok presents a fascinating probability distribution of experiences unlike anywhere else in Russia. As an actuary who calculates risk for a living, I found myself irresistibly drawn to this maritime metropolis...