Tuesday, April 26, 2011

I read the news today, oh boy: The Paper House of Rockport, Massachusetts

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The Paper House was built in 1922 (with a wooden frame, floor and roof) and it still stands today! The piano is the only piece of furnitur...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Pools of sorrow, waves of joy: New York City's Strawberry Fields and The Dakota

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The Dakota's most famous residents in 1980 (photo by Allen Tannenbaum )... ...and the building as it looks today. At one time, the Le...
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Monday, April 18, 2011

The horns of a dilemma: New York City's Duke Ellington Blvd.

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The legendary jazz musician Duke Ellington made New York City his home for many years and when he died, the city renamed West 106th Street D...
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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Day at the museum: Eccentric items from the Smithsonian

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Jerry Seinfeld's puffy shirt I hope this was the turkey/mashed potatoes/stuffing TV dinner. Buzz Aldren's space suit (looks like he...
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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Burn one, take it through the garden and pin a rose on it: Some diners seen along the way

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Nothing is more all-American than the humble diner, with its comfort food, friendly staff and folksy clientele. You can be 1,000 miles from ...
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Thursday, April 7, 2011

I got you, Babe: Bemidji, Minnesota's Paul Bunyan statue

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Even though Paul Bunyan, the world's most famous giant lumberjack, has French-Canadian roots and dates back to 1837, many states in the ...
Saturday, April 2, 2011

Sapp-happy: The Sapp Bros. coffee pot water tower of Omaha, Nebraska

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A bunch of Sapps, you might say... They've even got a mobile chapel...Hallelujah! You don't get much more Nebraskier than this... Ju...
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