This gallery was created from images taken on Fremont Street in Downtown Las Vegas. Downtown Las Vegas requires businesses to incorporate neon into their building signage, so the town glows and hums with heated gas art. Las Vegas has also restored a lot of the old neon signs, thanks in large part to the Neon […]
The Mojave National Preserve is a 1.6 million acre park in California that rests between Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The park is framed by interstate 15 to the north and interstate 40 to the south. A four-wheel drive car is recommended for exploring the park, as many of the points of interest are only […]
This photo gallery explores the architecture of the Las Vegas Strip. Every time I’m in Las Vegas, I’m amazed at how concentrated the city is. Looking at my hometown of Chicago from the air, the city sprawl goes on and on as far as the eye can see. Las Vegas, on the other hand, is […]
Located on the shores of Lake Maggiore in St Petersburg, FL the Boyd Hill Preserve creates an ecosystem and habitat for all sorts of Florida wildlife – from Alligators to Herons and Ibis. The park also hosts a raptor rescue non-for-profit that provides medical care to various species of large birds and raptors. A 5k […]
The majesty and grandeur of Niagara Falls can never truly be conveyed with photography. The Niagara experience is more than just the stunning visual feast of parks and water. It’s found in the mist brushing past your cheek. It’s found in the low and ever present rumble from gallons upon gallons of water tumbling down […]
St Petersburg, shortened to St Pete, is situated on Florida’s gulf coast and is part of the greater Tampa Bay municipal area. St Pete is surrounded by water on three sides: the Gulf of Mexico to the west and Tampa Bay to the south and east making this peninsula a very boat friendly destination. I visited […]
A short ferry ride from downtown San Francisco in the middle of the bay sits Alcatraz Island a US National Park and site of one of the most notorious prisons in the US. The ferry deposits park visitors on at island docks. Visitors are then free to tour the island, prison grounds, and prison facilities. Visitors […]
Chaco National Historic Park is a UNESCO Cultural Heritage Site located in northwestern New Mexico. I visited New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment, in February of 2011 and I did indeed find the whole state to be truly spellbinding. New Mexico is a land of dramatic vistas and rock formations, of mountains and valleys, of desert untamed. […]
An endless airport security line is a truly dispiriting experience. While first class passengers have long enjoyed expedited security lines, those first class passengers pay a pretty penny for their benefits – typically outside of the majority’s personal or business travel budgets. Fortunately, the government has created programs to expedite airport security lines for frequent […]
On a 2016 trip to fabulous Las Vegas, I stayed in Downtown Las Vegas and got to experience a slice of Old Vegas at the Fremont Experience. While staying in Downtown Las Vegas, I hit up The Neon Museum just a short taxi ride north of the Downtown core. The museum maintains the neon-era signage of […]
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