Category Archives: Random

Fort Mifflin

In early May I took a trip to Philadelphia with some friends to Fort Mifflin, a Revoluntionary War fort and Civil War Confederate prison. Since I did a blog post last summer about Fort Knox in Maine, I thought this would be an appropriate follow-up. This fort is rumored to be very haunted (and was...

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Rob Thomas

Back in November I attended a Rob Thomas concert at the Beacon Theatre. When I was younger I was really (really) into matchbox twenty and was subsequently appreciative of Rob’s work when he started going solo. Now when he comes around it’s more of an obligation type thing than an actual excitement of seeing a...

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New York City Farm Colony/Sea View

The New York City Farm Colony was a poorhouse operated out of Staten Island during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The colony took up acres of land on Staten Island, and many buildings, long since vacated, are still standing, slowly succumbing to the tests of time.
Sea View Hospital, part of the Farm Colony (and...

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The Aquarium

I like sea life. The question is, does sea life like me?

I went to a display where you could touch things like starfish and crab. I watched as a man held a starfish in his hand (his hand was submerged in water). So after he left, I did the same thing. I watched as the...

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Carlsbad Caverns

You ready for a bad joke? Carlsbad Caverns was so cool, it was Carlsgood! Ha! Ha ha! Hoooo. But seriously folks, if you get a chance to go, you should.

I foolishly did not bring my tripod with me into the caverns. I ended up kicking myself (which is quite difficult to do in actuality). I...

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