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The Fort Collins Museum of Discovery in Fort Collins, Colorado is more designed for kids than for adults. With a great variety of things kids can do and learn from, this is a must-see family destination. For adults, however, you may want to skip this in your travel itinerary. The…
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You see huge sculptures erected inside a gated private property and all you could do is wish that you could come nearer and inspect them up close. The Starr Kempf Sculpture Garden is located in Colorado Springs, in a residential area that is quite hard to find without a GPS….
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Why is it called the Garden of the Gods? The name came about in 1859 when two surveyors who discovered the beautiful park said that the place is a “capital place for a beer garden… that it is a fit place for the Gods to assemble.” So they called it…
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The first time I was in the Windy City, I never had the chance to see what’s inside the Art Institute of Chicago. Finally, I had the opportunity to visit the Institute and was left awed by its collection of arts. The Art Institute of Chicago is divided into 3…
Read moreApart from the list of awesome museums to visit in New Mexico, there are few places and attractions you might have missed to see because (1) they are quite far from the big cities and (2) you just have not heard or read anything about them. Below, I listed the…
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The community of buildings is called Earthship Biotecture. This unique community in Taos, New Mexico has 70 buildings (aka Earthship) and the number is still growing. Being environmentally-friendly, the structures are made of alternative building materials, such as adobe mud. Who started all this? Architect Michael Reynolds built his first…
Read moreI have traveled far and wide in New Mexico, visiting national monuments and parks and joining unusual celebrations. I had climbed cliffs, went down into deep caves, and even slid down white desert sands. While I am impressed with the natural wonders New Mexico has to offer, I am more…
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Being sparsely populated, the State of South Dakota is mostly covered by grasslands. And with the fertile flat plains covering almost 75% of the State, no wonder that the agriculture industry is expanding in the past decade. You will see the vast expanse of agriculture when road-tripping across this Midwestern…
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