Todd DeFeo loves to travel anywhere, anytime, taking pictures and notes. An award-winning reporter, Todd revels in the experience and the fact that every place has a story to tell. He is the owner of The DeFeo Groupe and also edits Express Telegraph and Railfanning.org.
Metro Atlanta and North Georgia on Tuesday were paralyzed by a few inches of snow, an embarrassing reality for city that touts itself as an economic player on the world stage.
Snow flurries on Tuesday wreaked havoc on Atlanta roads, paralyzing the city. Snow flurries started to fall around noon, and by 1 p.m. reports of massive gridlock on the city’s roadways were prevalent.
The cover of the 2014 Georgia Travel Guide, officially unveiled Tuesday, features one of Georgia’s most recognizable icons on its cover: “Gone With the Wind.”
Fort Worth is often considered “where the West begins.” And, nowhere is that more apparent than at the Fort Worth Stockyards, once the epicenter of the cattle industry.
San Antonio, which is Spanish for Saint Anthony, is the second most populous city in the state of Texas and the seventh most populous city in the United States. Home to 1.3 million people and located in south-central Texas, the city was the fastest-growing of the top 10 largest cities in the country between 2000 and 2010.
For many, Atlanta is a connection point on a flight, rather than a destination, but the capital of Georgia — and the southeast, for that matter — is so much more.
The 40-foot-tall “Monument of States” was built from stones from all 48 states at the time of its completion. The structure contains 1,500 rocks from all 50 states and 22 countries. A number of parties, including tourists, governors, a prime minister and President Franklin D. Roosevelt, also donated stones to the cause.
It was dinnertime when we landed at Hobby Airport. So, my wife and I made a beeline for the hotel, dropped off our bags and headed to a Houston institution. The Rainbow Lodge is one of the city’s oldest eateries, and its menu falls a bit on the wild side. From antelope to buffalo to venison, this dining establishment puts a unique twist on a steak dinner.
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