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Every year around Halloween I try to make time to watch a few films and tv episodes during the season. Not all of them are Halloween themed specifically but th…

The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir is a reservoir that is no longer in use as a water supply. It's a massive body of water that covers over 100 acres…

The tulip poplar goes by a few names, including yellow poplar, tulip tree, saddle-leaf tree, and its scientific name, Liriodendron tulipifera. There is also a…

As anyone who has lived through a tragedy knows, severe circumstances tend to bring out the best in some and the worst in others. This phenomenon can be seen i…

Mass deaths of dolphins have occurred along the coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico. Not just any region though. The main regions where the dolphins have bee…

For those of us who enjoy camping seasonally, there's only a minimal amount of 'gear' that we need for our temporary outings with family and/or fri…

Osceola, the Man and the Myths The most famous painting of Osceola by George Catlin.  George Catlin [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Over the la…

Paeonia tenuifolia is a perennial flower that is better known as the fern leaf peony. This variety of peony has a crimson color to it that is similar to what y…

Activated bamboo charcoal has been around for a long time but an air purifier made from charcoal has been becoming more popular in use in recent times. The act…

Sequoyah Caverns and Ellis Homestead, closed since 2013 , was a popular destination in DeKalb County, Alabama. The cave was named for Sequoyah in 1963. There i…

This 17-minute documentary was filmed in Ohio and covers the subject of the mounds located in the Ohio River Valley. Mounds which were built up by the Hopewel…

This post contains an excerpt from the 1860 book " Social Relations In Our Southern States"  by Daniel Robinson Hundley . The title of the chapter …