After watching a “Halloween Crazier” special on the Travel Channel, Mike & I knew we had to make a trip over to Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island for the annual Jack O’Lantern Spectacular Event. This amazing artistic event held every October features over ...

Bengtson’s Pumpkin Farm, a family-owned farm in the Chicago suburbs, holds a fun, festive annual fall event each autumn. This popular local favorite, which has been going strong for over 40 years, has been voted “Best Pumpkin Farm in Chicago” by viewers of My Fox Chicago. I ...

Plymouth County, Massachusetts is hands down one of the most haunted places in the US. As a result, the spooky city has been featured on many ghost hunting shows. Plymouth is one of the oldest towns in the US. Leyden Street claims the title of the oldest continuously used street in the US. First ...

Fall River, the 8th largest city in Massachusetts, offers plenty of interesting attractions for history buffs. Located just an hour outside of Boston, and a half hour from Providence, Fall River is the ideal destination for a day trip for those living or traveling near either of these 2 ...

“Lizzie Borden took an axe, gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, she gave her father forty-one.” Today, we decided to tour the Lizzie Borden house, located in Fall River, Massachusetts. The house is supposedly haunted, and thus, has attracted local ghost ...

Burial Hill is a historic cemetery located in Plymouth, Massachusetts with gravestones dating back to the 1600’s. It is the final resting place of several Pilgrims, including Governor William Bradford and Mary Allerton, the last surviving passenger of the Mayflower. It is located on Leyden ...

A bike ride through New England in the fall months makes for a perfect Halloween! Mike and I decided to take a scenic fall bike ride through Myles Standish State Forest in Carver, Massachusetts. The setting was perfect for Halloween – dark, cloudy, colored leaves scattered among the ground. ...

This Saturday, we took a day trip to Salt Lake City from Idaho Falls. The drive to get here was long and boring with 3 hours of barren desert scenery, although when we finally arrived, we agreed that Salt Lake City is a gorgeous city. The mountains surrounding the city are spectacular. As we ...