DO YOU KNOW.WHY people flock to the Congress Avenue Bridge onmany spring and summer evenings?(Hint: It's not to see the people!)WHAT nickname Zilker Park has earned because ofits size?(Hint: Even New
Do you know... WHY the Tampa area is especially attractive to so many birds? (Hint: Think "best nursery!) WHAT claim to fame makes Bayshore Boulevard so famous? (Hint: It goes beyond the beautiful vie
From the days of the Tequesta Indians to the arrival of the Florida East Coast Railway and beyond, Boca Raton has gone through times of boom and bust to become a thriving city with a vivid history.
DO YOU KNOW.WHAT Texas-sized symbols stand at the North StarMall in San Antonio?(Hint: They're too big to two-step!)WHY worldwide attention was focused on San Antonioin 1968?(Hint: Six million visitor
DO YOU KNOW.WHAT the elephants (and other animals!) at theRiverbanks Zoo and Garden are doing to inspire greaterstewardship of the Earth?(Hint: It's a special kind of "Green Movement!")HOW city planne
DO YOU KNOW.WHAT can you expect to see "dropped" in Raleighevery New Year's Eve?(Hint: It's quite a bit larger than life!)HOW the state saved money when building theGovernor's Mansion back in the 1890
DO YOU KNOW.WHY so many people fl ock to Savannah every March 17?(Hint: It's a lucky day!)WHERE you can write with a quill pen while visiting anineteenth century classroom?(Hint: Think fi rst public s
DO YOU KNOW.WHAT kind of bird was a popular tourist attraction inJacksonville in the early 1900s?(Hint: People didn't come to see it fl y!)WHO performed at the Florida Theatre in 1956 with a localjudg
Such was the wisdom of the Pittsburgh Daily Gazette and Advertiser in 1866 when describing a railway boss's threat to decapitate a former employee. Pittsburgh has many such stories of strange but most
In the early 20th century the movie industry arrived in the Southern California desert. As the Great Depression led up to World War II and silent films faded away, Hollywood became the world's greates
Through a combination of player interviews and historical narrative, Red Sox Legends is a tribute to the great players of the past. This book, a partnership between the Boston Public Library and the B
Benjamin Bodicott is a gentleman. A man with brilliant blue eyes, flowing hair and a manner of speaking far superior to his peers, Benjamin is "as near a Rhett Butler" as Edisto Isla
Opened in 1924 and home to the Chicago Bears since 1971, Chicago's Soldier Field has served the city as an athletic, civic, and entertainment venue for more than 80 years.