Monthly Archive: May 2023

Alaska Railroad Train roles into Fairbanks on Summer Solstice

May 19, 2023 0 Comments

Alaska Railroad Train roles into Fairbanks on Summer Solstice

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Alaska Railroad Train roles into Fairbanks on Summer Solstice.

The Alaska Railroad is a passenger and freight railroad that operates in the U.S. state of Alaska. It stretches approximately 500 miles (800 kilometers) from Seward in the south to Fairbanks in the north, passing through Anchorage and several other communities along the way.

The Alaska Railroad offers various scenic train routes that provide breathtaking views of Alaska’s wilderness, including mountains, glaciers, rivers, and forests.

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Blue House on Whitewater Canal – Metamora – Indiana

May 18, 2023 0 Comments

Blue House on Whitewater Canal - Metamora - Indiana

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An old historic blue house on the edge of a restored section of the Whitewater Canal, in Metamora, Indiana. While the Whitewater Canal only operated as a shipping route between 1836-1965, it was maintained to provide hydraulic power for a series of water-powered mills that processed grain, cotton, and made paper. The town derives its name from the play the Last of the Wampanoags, written by John Augustus Stone in 1829.

Today the town is largely a tourist attraction that draws people to unique shops with a variety of old buildings, boat and train rides, the canal, and an old grist mill that remains on the canal.

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Hidden River Cave Entrance – Horse Cave – Kentucky

May 17, 2023 0 Comments

Hidden River Cave Entrance - Horse Cave - Kentucky

The entrance to Hidden River Cave, once known as Horse Cave, and the cave the city derives its name from. At different times the cave was the city’s water supply, source of electricity and a dumping ground for waste. Tours were offered from 1912-1943, until the increasing pollution and World War II led to a halt in tourism. And it wasn’t for another 50 years that interest in the cave returned, and the American Cave Conservation Association (ACCA) took on the task of rehabilitating the cave, In 1992 the first phase of the current museum and cave tours was developed. And today thousands of visitors come to the cave to enjoy the interesting geology of the karst regions of Kentucky. The cave boasts the longest underground suspension bridge in a cave system.

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