If you’ve ever wanted to see airplanes being built right in front of your eyes, the Boeing Future of Flight Aviation Center and Boeing Tour, located in Everett, WA, is a great place to visit. We’re two self-proclaimed aviation geeks...
Xunantunich, one of Belize’s most easily accessible and impressive Mayan ruins sites, was a must visit when we found ourselves in the country. Located near the Guatemalan border, this breathtaking ancient archaeological site is just outside of San Ignacio in...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) maintains two visitor centers: Space Center Houston in Houston, Texas and Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. When we visited Houston, we took a short trip to Space Center Houston, which gave...
On our road trip through the Florida Keys, we made a last minute decision to stop in Marathon to visit the Turtle Hospital, and it was such a cool, one-of-a-kind experience! The Turtle Hospital, which opened in 1986, is a...
Name: Dry Tortugas National Park Location: Florida (about 70 miles west of Key West) Established: 1992 Size: 100 square miles Annual Visitors: 54,281 people visited in 2017 (link) A view of historic Fort Jefferson and Dry Tortugas National Park from...
We recently had the opportunity to take the Amtrak California Zephyr from Chicago west to San Francisco and we had a blast! While we were able to gather a lot of information from TripAdvisor and the Amtrak website before we...
Name: Isle Royale National Park Location: Michigan (closest to Ontario and easiest to get to from Minnesota) Established: 1940 Size: 571,790 acres Annual Visitors: 28,196 people visited in 2017 (link) Rock Harbor Entrance Sign Located in the middle of...
What kind of review would this be without some photos of the very scenery that made this trip 100% worthwhile? The California Zephyr left from Chicago around 2:00pm and we had perfect weather to explore the city before we left....
One thing that’s been on our bucket list for a while is a cross-country train trip, so when the long Memorial Day weekend approached and we had no plans, we knew we had to go for it. After researching Amtrak’s...
Few roads are more iconic than Route 66 – free and open highway, beautiful scenery and of course, plenty of kitschy stops and tourist attractions. As we planned our 2,000+ mile trek from Chicago to Los Angeles, one of those...