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Yesterday was July 4th, better known here in America as Independence Day . It's a wonderful holiday where we celebrate tossing aside the...

The Confederates invaded north into Union territory twice during the Civil War . The second invasion culminated with the most famous and...

I'll never get over the dense history of the East Coast. Since moving out in 2014 we've visited quite a few cool places and hopefully...

We'd already decided to travel to Williamsburg, Virginia for a waterpark getaway. It only made sense to get out of the hotel and swing by...

While in some ways I'm not the most typical Minnesotan, you can definitely still see it in how I talk. The following video is a little...

While I wasn't excited to move to Maryland when we made the jump in 2014, I've since come to love a number of aspects of living here. One...

We won't be traveling to Minnesota for either Thanksgiving or Christmas this year, with the baby due in December. So we decided to go in...

Think of me what you will, but a friend and I traveled to Las Vegas this past weekend. After getting a few nights comped at the Palazzo...

We have family that lives near Homer, Alaska. It's quite a trip, but it's one we try to make once a year to see those loved ones and...

Well I'm still tackling Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts, and as always not making enough time to read. Even missing a lot of context...

One of the cooler places we've visited since moving out east is Assateague Island on the Maryland/Virginia coast, part of the Delmarva...

Hopefully everyone is having a wonderful Memorial Day. It can be easy to enjoy the three day weekend, spending time with your family and...

We have a board book that explains the origins of the Star Spangled Banner. It's on our main level where we generally hang out, so I read...

I like history, especially American history. It's always been a preference to study the Revolutionary War era more than anything else,...

We just got back from Maui. It was our second trip to Hawaii. We honeymooned on Oahu in 2012, and stayed on that island. Everything we...