Before the war the rich could board a Constellation or Clipper for exotic locals but for the average Joe and Jane it was trains and automo...

Day two of the Sedalia Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival has come and gone and, as with most day twos, some of the glow wears off and you beg...

Visiting Englishman: By the way, what's the difference in time between New York and Philadelphia? New Yorker: About twenty years. ...

Ah, winter. Anyone who's reading this on the East Coast is probably wondering "what does this jerk from Indiana know from winter ...

I did a quick check and the standard flight time from New York to London hasn't changed since this ad ran back in 1959 when jet airli...

What's the difference between Popular Science and Astounding Tales in the 1930's? Astounding Tales cost 20 cents an issue and had...

Today as part of our Summer Vacation series we embark on the Great White Fleet of the United Fruit Company Steamship Line. "What...

Summer vacation season has arrived again, bringing with it warm tropical breezes, long lazy days, and the urge to wander. Since I spend a...

Any of you who belong to a lodge probably recognize this sort of ad. It ran in the September 1938 issue of Rotary International. Two year...

Life Magazine, 1901

The Pennsylvania Railroad apparently took a queue from the US Postal Service, promising to get you there no matter what the weather. I gu...

With the bleak weather of winter bringing the first cold rains to town this week and the remnant of a heck of a cold still playing havoc...

It's probably obvious that I've been combing through the archives of Life magazine lately. I know I've aired a lot of comic ...

Today we travel superhighways, great six-lane beltways of asphalt and concrete that span thousands of miles of countryside. It’s a banal...

  Pullman luxury from the 40s. I've taken a 40 hour-plus cross-country trip on Amtrak and the experience can be a harrowing one whe...

1910 and Airplanes at the Speedway A year after the National Balloon Race, the Speedway played host to another display of the cuttin...

Dear Reader, Lafayette Colorado, a suburb of Denver and part of the run-up to the Rockies. If you haven’t guessed, I’m on another business...

Dear Reader, All of us make mistakes and I believe the best thing we can do when we recognize a mistake is to own that error. To that end, I...

Dear Reader, This morning, after a short nap of nine hours, I had an opportunity to read my last missive about traveling. I think it could b...