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[ October 4, 2026 ] At Rome’s Trevi Fountain, the coin toss now comes with an entry fee News
[ October 2, 2026 ] Kemp: Georgia breaks tourism records for four years straight News
[ September 22, 2026 ] DOT unveils air traffic ‘smart system’ to reduce flight delays News
[ September 20, 2026 ] Man charged after Belfast’s Big Fish sculpture damaged News
[ September 12, 2026 ] Trump says he would ‘love’ to see Ireland, Northern Ireland unify News

The Enterprise, not the Star Trek ship, was a transformative space vessel

September 17, 2026 Todd DeFeo

Looking back at the Space Shuttle program, one could be forgiven for thinking that either the Challenger or the Columbia was the first space shuttle. However, it was the Enterprise.

Sept. 11 memorials offer an opportunity to reflect every day

September 11, 2026 Todd DeFeo

Across this country and around the world, reminders stand of the horrific Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The 56-foot-tall statue that still defines Birmingham, Alabama

September 8, 2026 Sightseers’ Delight

Vulcan, the Roman god of the forge, stands 56 feet tall. Sculpted by Giuseppe Moretti for the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, the statue was meant to show off Birmingham’s industrial ambitions.

A section of the Berlin Wall, a Cold War remnant, stands in Suwanee, Georgia, a bucolic Atlanta suburb

July 7, 2026 Todd DeFeo

The reminders of the past are often everywhere we look, even if they’re not exactly in the place where the history happened.

Why is this Birmingham, Alabama, intersection the ‘Heaviest Corner on Earth’?

June 30, 2026 Sightseers’ Delight

The corner of 20th Street and 1st Avenue North in downtown Birmingham seems like any other corner in the city.

Stuck in a loop: Building, rebuilding, rerouting, and I-285’s lasting impact on Atlanta

May 17, 2026 The Turnaround

Railroads may have built Atlanta, but it’s the highways that developed the city we know today.

Don’t skip Akron on your next trip to the ‘Heart of it All’

May 11, 2026 Todd DeFeo

Too often, when deciding where to visit, Ohio is overlooked. It’s a mistake.

On the trail of Bonnie and Clyde in Dallas

October 23, 2025 Todd DeFeo

Bonnie and Clyde may go down in American history as the most romantic of all outlaws. Sometimes, it’s easy to forget about their murderous escapades.

Athens statue honors Ben Epps, ‘Georgia’s First Aviator,’ and his role in aviation history

August 27, 2025 Sightseers’ Delight

While the story of Orville and Wilbur Wright is well-known, Ben Epps, who built and flew aircraft in the early 20th century, may not be as widely known.

A look at the ‘Little White House’ in Warm Springs, Georgia

June 26, 2025 The Turnaround

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt went to Warm Springs for the first time in 1924 for polio treatment, it was the start of his long-tenured association with the city.