
The Bay Bridge opened for traffic in November 1936 and has one of the longest spans in the United States. Nearly 240,000 vehicles travel across the bridge daily. A replacement bridge built alongside the original opened in September 2013. It cost over $6.5 billion to build and is currently the world’s widest bridge. On a […]

After visiting the Milan Cathedral, we wandered through the busy, graffitied streets of Milan, Italy and stumbled upon the remains of a Romanesque church built in the 5th Century. All but this partial portion of a wall was demolished in 1949 in order to accommodate a growing city and additional roads. On Today’s Date in […]

Although I’ve tried, I’ve been unable to find detailed history of this building in Columbus, Montana that sits parallel to the railway tracks. My mother-in-law tells me it used to be a blacksmith shop back in the day. I’ve also heard it suggested that it used to be an old stage coach stop. All I […]