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Camp Hero: State Park and Alleged Home of Human Experimentation

If you grew up on Long Island, New York, like I did, especially on the East End, you have heard the rumors that surround Camp Hero, the former Montauk Air Force Station. If you are not familiar with the rumors and tales, then let me enlighten you. With many stories surrounding telekinetic experimentation, time travel, […]

Portland, Maine: The First…the Original…the Forest City

Tomorrow the winter solstice will be upon us, and if you are anything like my wife, you are ecstatic for this natural occurrence to begin and then pass. Although the solstice marks the possibility of bleak weather, which can, at times, seem to stretch on forever with no end in sight, it marks something positive and significant […]

Turners Falls, Massachusetts: A Respite from Everyday Life

Autumn is coming to a close with Halloween and Thanksgiving now far behind us, and Christmas slowly creeping up on us with all its tinsel and flashing lights. As Winter remains hidden, ready to pop out at any moment, we still have time to explore during this lingering season. With the temperate weather still breathing life into […]

Along the Lake: Burlington, Vermont

There is something magical about autumn in New England. The trees become a kaleidoscope of colors, and the crisp blue sky seems like a giant azure marble set high above. The occasional white fluffy cloud floats by with so little effort, a languid pillow of water vapor promising winter storms to come–but not yet. And […]

Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Hip Seaport of New England

It is a brilliant crisp autumn day. The clouds linger overhead, moving without purpose, a slow jaunt across the cerulean sky. They billow like cotton balls taped to a child’s diorama. Leaves still cling to the trees late in the year, and they have just began their transformation into the brilliant fireworks show which explodes […]

Vacationland: Maine and the Iconic Summer Rental

Maine’s iconic nickname, “Vacationland,” has always conjured images of the mass migration of leisure hungry tourists, mad and ravenous for the pine scented forests and picturesque lakes, quiet in their solitude,  a lone loon baying off in the distance, its haunting call echoing off the fir lined shores, silhouetted against the stygian night sky, a velvet curtain […]

The Wolf’s Lair: The Crumbling Remains of Hitler’s Stronghold in Poland

Tom and I sat in the Vilnius airport, staring at the small screen on my iPhone, as Safari sluggishly loaded a map from our location to Gierloz, Poland. After idle conversation, the map eventually informed us of our journey, and we were pleased to find that only 150 miles, and no more than three hours […]

The Curonian Spit: A Bit of Land Shared by Two Nations

      As the three of us walked along the Curonian Spit, facing west out across the white capped sea, the soft white sand sinking under our feet with each footfall, we inspected the shoreline for pebbles and rocks that we understood to resemble amber. We inspected rocks of all sizes, small and large, oblong and […]

Hill of Crosses: Lithuanian Defiance in the Face of Oppression

I am not religious by any means, and if you think this post will be a theological discussion, then I am sure you can find another site on the internet which will pander to your ecclesiastic proclivities. Instead, this is about my travel to this historical site, and the significance this location played in Lithuanian nationalistic […]