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By MITCH TRAPHAGEN The beginning of my descent into madness took all of five minutes. Apparently, just five minutes separates me from the world of normal people who bath regularly…
By MITCH TRAPHAGENThe last place I expected to be was on the Auto Train just outside of Washington, D.C. Sitting on the train, the thought occurred to me that there…
By Warren Resen – NATWA (North American Travel Journalists Association), Jeanne O’Connor, photo journalist, W630@aol.com “Will the last one leaving please turn out the lights,” is a saying generally applied…
By WARREN RESEN – NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Association) West Palm Beach, Florida: The year was 1912. Florida was the last frontier in the Continental United States and scattered…
By WARREN RESEN, NATJA (North American Travel Journalists Assn.)JEANNE O’CONNOR, Photographer Sleeping in a modified Seminole chickee and listening to the night sounds of ’gators, birds and other unidentifiable critters…
By WARREN RESEN – IFWTWA & NATJA It started during the Great Depression, born of a mother’s need to feed her family. For decades, Chalet Suzanne was a stopping place…
By Warren Resen, Member IFWTWA, NATJAPhotos by Jeanne O’Connor America’s oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origination in the Continental United States will reach a milestone in 2015. That year…
By Warren Resen International Food Wine Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) MILLS RIVER, NC — This is the story of one woman’s 25 years of dedication, planning and prayer to achieve…
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN If I won the lottery, I would buy the old Ruskin Theater building and work to restore it to its former glory. Leading the list of projects…