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 […]

In between packing my suitcase and paying bills, I’m trying to get all of the lingering photos from this past week here Somewhere-in-the-Middle-of-the-USA posted so I’m all caught up and have a clean canvas to use when I wake up under the big skies of Montana tomorrow morning. I came across this old shed way […]

Can you believe it’s been over a week since I’ve posted a photo of a barn?  Here’s an old barn I drive by quite often in Western Shawnee.  As an added bonus, this one almost always has horses out front. You Might Also Enjoy: Old Barn on the Way to the Airport Lake Lenexa Barn:  […]