Photos from June 2011 For a few years during my childhood, my family would drive down to Florida every February, and my brother and I always anticipated the stop at South of the Border. If you have never heard of South of the Border, then you haven’t done...
Fort Fisher photos from May 2010 Hermit Bunker & Grave photos from May 2011 This wound up being a 2 part trip. My wife and I have been vacationing in southern North Carolina for a few years. While looking up things to do, both traditional and nontraditional (you...
The Maid of the Mist is a boat (there are several Maids, really) that takes off from either side of Niagara Falls and brings tourists almost next to the bottom of the falls. You get a tour of the basin and surrounding area as well. The “Mist” part...
We were told this was a must-do if going to Niagara Falls. The Cave of the Winds can be found on the New York side. The name is somewhat misleading, as there is no cave anymore; it was made unsafe and then ultimately destroyed by falling rock. When...
On the Canada side of Niagara Falls you can quite literally walk behind them, after an admission fee, of course. A manmade tunnel was blasted behind the falls and has 2 observation areas. Observation is used loosely here; all you’re going to be seeing is rushing water. Visitors...
There was no way we weren’t stopping here. This diner from another galaxy can be found along Lundy’s Lane, just minutes from Niagara Falls. It’s a diner shaped like a UFO. ‘Nuff said. There are 2 main rooms; each is its own “UFO” and is connected by a...
Not content spending our mini-vacation just looking at water, we found some other things to see on the way up to Niagara Falls. I saw something online about a cave tour with a boat ride not too far away from our destination. Still on somewhat of a cavern...
On our way to Niagara Falls, we make a fairly far-off side stop at a little place I’d been meaning to see for years – what is supposedly the smallest church in the world. There are many tiny churches, but this one claims to be the tiniest of...
