Marshall Carriage Company Ghost Tour in a Horse-Drawn Buggy

Connie Attractions & Events, Michigan September 28, 2015October 12, 2016carriage rides, fun places to go in Michigan, Ghost tours in Marshall MI, Marshall Carriage Comapny, Marshall Carriage Company ghost tour, Marshall ghost tour, Michigan ghost tours, Michigan things to do, things to do in Michigan, things to see in Michigan, what to do in Michigan 2 Comments

The young couple that moved into the Oliver Comstock House had a notion to name their new baby Hannah. Within days of Hannah’s birth, strange events began occurring. The piano keys were banged on in the middle of the night. The name “Hannah” was written on the wall in pencil. Doors opened and closed on their own. The couple soon discovered that the home’s original owner, Oliver Comstock, was married to a woman named Hannah. The Comstock House is just one of several haunted homes we stopped at during our horse-drawn Marshall Carriage Company ghost tour of Marshall, Michigan, the only such tour in the United States. Read more

Historic Bridge Park: 5 Restored Truss Bridges in One Location

Connie Attractions & Events, Michigan September 18, 2015Battle Creek, Historic Bridge Park, historic bridges, truss bridges 4 Comments

Fans of old bridges will love Historic Bridge Park, appropriately named given that it’s the retirement home for five restored Calhoun County, Michigan, metal truss bridges, plus a historic stone arch railroad bridge, all integrated into a footpath that winds through fields of black-eyed susans, queen anne’s lace, cow vetch and cattails. Read more

Driving through the Wild Animal Safari

Connie Attractions & Events, Missouri September 1, 2015November 22, 2015safari animal park, safari Missouri, wild animal park, Wild Animal Safari, wild safari park 5 Comments

Driving through the Wild Animal Safari park near Springfield, Missouri, I never expected the animals to run right up to the car, but that’s exactly what they did. Read more

Nottawa Stone School: A One-Room Schoolhouse

Connie Attractions & Events, Michigan August 29, 2015August 29, 2015Michigan one-room schoolhouse, Nottawa Stone School, one-room schoolhouse 15 Comments

Imagine being a school teacher and having to teach five grades or more at one time. One-room schoolhouses were common in rural areas of the United States all the way into the 1960s, some even later. Earlier this year we visited the Nottawa Stone School in Nottawa, Michigan, a one-room schoolhouse that served grades one through five, which has been restored for historical purposes. Read more

MB Financial Park at Rosemont: It’s All about Dining and Entertainment

Connie Attractions & Events, Food & Drink, Illinois August 26, 2015iFLY Rosemont, Kings Bowling rosemont, MB Financial Park, Rosemont entertainment park, Rosemont Park, Sugar Factory Rosemont 0 Comment

There’s a party atmosphere every night at the MB Financial Park at Rosemont, Illinois. Make that all day and all night, with a dozen venues in a single complex that offer everything from bowling to upscale dining. And in the outdoor common area, you can attend concerts or Zumba classes in the summer, ice skate in the winter. Read more

Exploring Badlands National Park

Connie Attractions & Events, South Dakota August 23, 2015June 15, 2018badland sd, badlands, Badlands National Park, badlands national park sd, badlands national park south dakota, badlands np, badlands park, badlands sd, dakota badlands, sd badlands, south dakota badlands, south dakota badlands national park, the badlands, the badlands national park, the badlands sd 18 Comments

Native American Lakota referred to the area as mako sica, or “land bad.” When I visited the Badlands National Park in western South Dakota, I saw “land beautiful.” Read more