Atlanta – The City Too Busy to Hate

We spent two days in this vibrant city that marks our return visit to state #16, Georgia. To optimize our time in the city, we bought a City-Pass that allowed us to visit 5 out of 7 attraction options in downtown Atlanta, and we made full use of our Pass. We started with CNN Studio...

Bourbon City and Home of Colonel Sanders

We chose two destinations in state #39, Kentucky: Louisville, the Bourbon City and Muhammad Ali’s hometown, and Corbin, the birthplace of the world-famous Kentucky Fried Chicken. Since Louisville is famous for its bourbon, we thought of doing a tour along that line, but we found a unique tour of brandy distillery. A brandy tour in...

Downtown Cincinnati and A Quaint Town in West Virginia

Of all the famous and well-known cities in state #37, Ohio, we chose Cincinnati as our destination, not for any particular reason other than being on the optimum route to the East and later on South. Nevertheless, we had fun strolling around Findlay Market in the Over-The-Rhine area in Cincinnati, a historic urban district with...

Lincoln Hometown and The Indy 500 Motor Speedway

Our next destination is state #35, Illinois and we didn’t choose its icon city, Chicago, because we have been there before separately. Instead, we selected Springfield, which also happens to be the state capital city. Springfield is all about Lincoln, its most favorite son. We visited the Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library, spending hours admiring...

Embracing Heat in Kansas and Missouri

Our first impression about state #33, Kansas, is the huge-sized flour mills as we entered Kansas City. And to enforce our pre-existing image of Kansas, we also saw ranches along the way. Kansas City is a well-planned and organized city, with plenty of well-manicured public parks, fountains, and sculptures at the road crossing – somehow...

The Midwest Trio: Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa

We chose Minneapolis in state #30, Minnesota as our next destination and the place to join the 4th celebration. Well, that was the plan, but we missed the firework by Mississippi River thanks to the slowest service ever in McCormick & Schimck’s Seafood and Steaks in downtown. Good food but SLOW service. Dining there hoping...

The Magnificent Mount Rushmore

We passed by our state #27, Nebraska on hours of drive along miles and miles of farmland, green spaces, and A LOT OF COWS. As we did not plan to spend much time in Nebraska, we made a quick stop for gas while driving around the town of Scottsbluff. It was a small and quiet...

Delightful Denver

Our next stop was Denver, another city that we originally didn’t plan to visit, but since we visited Salt Lake City and we would be on our way to Mount Rushmore, Denver became our natural stop. Besides, we couldn’t think of any other reason to visit Denver in the future, so might as well. On...

Life Elevated at Salt Lake City

Mormon, Mormon, and Mormon. Those are our three words to describe Salt Lake City, our #25 state of Utah. You would feel the strong religious presence throughout the city, including offices, banks, hospital, school, restaurants, and everything else. We arrived in Salt Lake City on a Saturday afternoon. Some places of interest that we visited...

The Big Sky State(s) Part 2

What more can be said about Yellowstone? It was simply gorgeous! We saw unending geysers, hot springs, various habitats and wildlife, and waterfalls. The combination of hills, mountains, plateaus, and valleys made us feel like we were in a different world. If you’ve never been to Yellowstone, note that the Park is HUGE. Yellowstone is...