Road trip: The Company Town and the Corn Fields
“The rest rooms are upstairs. Turn left at the Chihuly.” While those aren’t the directions I usually expect to hear in the Visitors Center of… Read More »Road trip: The Company Town and the Corn Fields
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Roadtrip: A tale of two cities
Cities change over time. Communities that were organized around production of steel or auto parts or glass are now organized around finance and healthcare, tourism… Read More »Roadtrip: A tale of two cities
Roadtrip: Utica Starts With You
I tried to write this post from the last leg of my trip, between Utica, NY and Pittsfield, MA. I’ve been dictating posts as I… Read More »Roadtrip: Utica Starts With You
Road trip: Peoria to Kankakee
In 1999, a book called The Places Rated Almanac offered a ranking of American cities in terms of their desirability as places to live. There… Read More »Road trip: Peoria to Kankakee
Roadtrip: Decatur, from corn to soy to cricket city?
Heading into Decatur on Illinois Route 48, you quickly begin to sense a pattern. You pass a field of corn followed by a field of… Read More »Roadtrip: Decatur, from corn to soy to cricket city?
Roadtrip: In search of the “statistically improbable restaurant”
The first thing I do when I come to an unfamiliar city is look for where I want to eat. This is in part because… Read More »Roadtrip: In search of the “statistically improbable restaurant”