Monthly Archives: March 2014

The American Rover What Virginia Beach getaway would be complete without a turn on this majestic Tall Sailing Ship? Her elegant tanbark sails have been a signature fair-weather sight of the Hampton Roads area since 1986 when April through October, the stately 135 foot three-masted topsail schooner American Rover departs from Waterside in the heart…

Adventure Science Center In 1944 as WWII rolled to an end, the Children’s Museum of Nashville was opened in the old University of Nashville building, Sargeant John Ripley Forbes opening the museum with the mindset that 'Nashville's future is children'. The museum has moved and changed quite a bit since then, but revisions and relocations…

[caption id="attachment_3506" align="alignright" width="300"] Christian Sperka - Nashville Zoo[/caption] Nashville Zoo Sunny Music City isn’t just the celebrated home of country music - it’s also where you’ll find a fabulously progressive and dynamic, conservation-oriented 188-acre zoological park and historic landmark plantation home – a place “where animals, nature and fun converge.” The AZA-accredited and ever-evolving…

Hermitage American history buffs heading to Nashville will want to visit this famous Tennessee plantation, once the home of President Andrew Jackson and First Lady Rachel. Some years after moving with his wife into the “Indian-fortified” two-story log farmhouse purchased from Nathaniel Hays in 1804, Jackson promptly remodeled the home and renamed it “Hermitage.” Jackson…

Treetop Adventure Park With your head in the clouds and your feet on strange ground, the standard “tourist’s perspective” can sometimes test the mettle of groups of die-hard fun-seekers and incorrigible sight-seers hoping to catch the best of everything in a few short days. While everyone knows you can never see it all in one…

[caption id="attachment_3590" align="alignright" width="300"] Credit: Virginia Beach CVB[/caption] Ocean Breeze Waterpark Do you dream of an exclusive little “beach” where seaweed, sharks and jellyfish are happily absent and your flipflops and swimsuits are free of bothersome, gritty, grainy sand? Perhaps you’re just a big kid at heart and never got enough time in the wading…

Grauman’s Chinese Theater [caption id="attachment_32744" align="alignright" width="425"] Grauman’s Chinese Theater Pixabay Public Domain[/caption] If you’ve ever seen movies set in Hollywood or know anything about Tinseltown’s popular attractions, chances are you will recognize Grauman’s Chinese Theatre for its iconic red Chinese pagoda facade. This major tourist destination is still the most famous theatre in the…