Selah Restaurant: Dining in a Bank Vault

Story by Milli Thornton. Photos Copyright © Brian Williams. Selah Restaurant is located in an old bank building at 130 S Bridge Street, downtown Struthers, Ohio. It’s a hometown restaurant with big city flair! Designed rooms, original photography, brass teller cages, a walk-in vault, full bakery...

February 16th, 2013 | STAFF, USA MAINLAND, DINING, QUIRKY PLACES | Read More

The Chuckwagon Cafe, Moscow, Texas

Story by guest blogger Teresa Davis. Photos Copyright © Teresa Davis. IN THIS DAY and age of fast food and drive-thru, it’s nice to find a cafe where you can go in, sit and enjoy a really great meal. In Moscow, Texas—and “Yes, Virginia, there really is a Moscow, Texas”—there is such a...

October 5th, 2012 | STAFF, USA MAINLAND, OUTDOORS EATING, QUIRKY PLACES | Read More

Paris, Texas: The City of Ghost Sightings

Story by guest blogger Teresa Davis. Photos Copyright © Teresa Davis. IT’S MY PLEASURE today to take you on a wonderful day trip to Paris, Texas, located about 98 miles northeast of Dallas. As you get close to Paris, you will notice not only the rolling hills but also the fields of cotton. Hay...

August 10th, 2012 | GUEST BLOGGERS, USA MAINLAND, Interesting Towns, QUIRKY PLACES | Read More

Medieval Banquet, St Katharine Docks, London

Story by staff writer JM Merchant. Photos Copyright © Joanna Abram. ONE OF THE greatest things about London is its history. Everywhere you go there’s something from the past to fascinate and astound. Walking from Tower Hill station you pass not only some of the largest remnants of the Roman wall...

June 1st, 2012 | STAFF, DINING, QUIRKY PLACES, SHOWS/FESTIVALS/HOLIDAYS, THE UK | Read More

Banksy Strikes Again!

Story by staff writer JM Merchant. Photo Copyright © Joanna Abram. The first weekend of June sees the celebration of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, 60 years of Elizabeth II on the throne. Preparations for all sorts of events are taking place across London, the UK and no doubt other parts of the world...

May 25th, 2012 | STAFF, FUNKY SIGNS, THE UK | Read More

The Great Dismal Swamp

By staff writer Vicki Lathom. Photos Copyright © Vicki Lathom except where indicated. The Great Dismal Swamp, in the North Carolina and Virginia section of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, sounds like a depressing place. Think dark, craggy trees draped with moss, stagnant water and strange noises...

May 18th, 2012 | STAFF, USA MAINLAND, Boating, QUIRKY PLACES, Scenic Wonders | Read More

Taos Is for Writers

By guest blogger Deonne Kahler. Feature photo Copyright © Brian Williams. Story photos Copyright © Deonne Kahler except where credited otherwise. WRITERS AND ARTISTS have been hanging out in Taos, New Mexico, seemingly forever. D.H. Lawrence, Willa Cather, R.C. Gorman, Georgia O’Keeffe, John Nichols,...

May 1st, 2012 | GUEST BLOGGERS, USA MAINLAND, QUIRKY PLACES, WRITING | Read More