Explore Coke’s Bottled Origins at the Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum

When a candy store merchant filled glass bottles with Coca-Cola, it changed everything for the soda industry.
Touring the Authentic Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Why would I call a museum authentic? That might sound like a strange description but it’s actually rather perfect for the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. This museum has nothing to do with the Hollywood movie with a soundtrack that never dies and everything to do with the concept, design, construction, and launch of […]
Touring the South Carolina State House in Columbia

At the heart of downtown Columbia the South Carolina State House is the seat of government in the state. The beautiful building houses the governor’s office, House and Senate chambers, and dozens of other rooms. It is also recognized as a South Carolina state park and visitors can take free guided tours of the building […]
6 Things I Learned at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in Cherokee, NC

It was the saddest museum I had ever visited. If you visit any United States history museum, you start at the birth of the nation and walk through time, through trails and tribulations, watching a nation grow and expand into what we have today. But as you walk through the Museum of the Cherokee Indian […]
A Captivating Museum at Sycamore Shoals State Park in Elizabethton, TN

Sycamore Shoals State Park is a small state historic area along the Watauga River dedicated to the history of Watauga, Sycamore Shoals, and parts of what is now northeastern Tennessee and western North Carolina. The park has a nice visitors center, gift shop, a life-size recreation of Fort Watauga, a nature trail along the river, […]
Flying High at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

I was seven years old when Star Trek: The Next Generation premiered on television, introducing me to the stars for the first time. But even at seven years old, I had a sense of reality about me. I knew Star Trek wasn’t real, I knew the characters I loved so much were just actors pretending, […]