I have a Ph.D. degree. I love to travel, visit museums, national parks, and places few people know. I share my travel stories and more on this blog.
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Less than a decade after the successful first airplane flight by the Wright Brothers in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, USA, one of the Wright Brothers planes, the “Wright B”, made its way to the Philippines in December 1911. Wright Model B The shipment of the “Wright Model B”…
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The Futuro House or UFO House in Carlisle, Ohio is an eye-catcher by itself. With two oblong saucers connected with a tube walkway, the structure is certainly an interesting roadside structure along Central Ave. I am not sure when the this UFO house was built, but the prefabricated Futuro home…
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Sinking Spring, Ohio has the only octagonal schoolhouse in the State. It is currently included in the Library of Congress Historic American Buildings Survey. Made of bricks, the Octagonal Schoolhouse was constructed in 1831, and was the first school in the township. Where to find the Octagonal Schoolhouse? The Octagonal…
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The Serpent Mound Historical Site is the largest effigy mound in the world, about 1,400 feet long. An effigy mound is a giant earthen sculpture used as a shrine to honor the powerful spirit it represents. This mound represents the Great Serpent who was the Lord of the World Below…
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Unlike other travel bloggers who haven’t been to the places they wrote about and simply borrowed other’s photos for their posts, in my case, I made sure that I visited them all. All the unusual and weird places and roadside attractions around Southern Ohio, I have seen them with my…
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The Valley of Flowers in Gujarat, India is continuing its development even as hundreds of tourists visit the place everyday. Since it’s establishment at the end of 2018, the newest attraction near the Statue of Unity has grown tremendously with flowering plants and grasses that surround bricked walkways in a…
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Argao, Cebu has changed a lot since I visited it 8 years ago in 2011. Before, there were only few choices of good restaurants in town, and most of them were located near the market or the national highway. Recently, however, more restaurants and eateries have sprouted everywhere. One good…
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Would you be visiting the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site soon? Do you know that the Cahokia was the largest prehistoric Indian community in America? There are at least 120 mounds in Cahokia of different sizes and functions. The initial occupation dates back to AD 700-800. During the time AD…
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