Tag Archives: food

the big muddy pyramid

The fact that a fishing store sits in a pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee is the result of a bet Bass Pro Shops owner Johnny Morris made with some of his friends back in 2005. While trying to catch some catfish, their eyes were caught by the huge glass triangle at the bank of the Mississippi […]

back to the future

Urban legend tells that the streets around the Jasper County Courthouse were the inspiration for the town square in Back to the Future. The rumor has been surfing the internet for years and……could be true. Standing on Main Street in Carthage, Missouri, it does not take a Doc and a DeLorean to travel back to […]

s.p.r.i.n.g.

The first issue of AmericA Magazine hit shelves and kissed doormats this week. It’s March Madness with 5 articles by journeylism.nl on the murder of John Lennon by Mark Chapma, The Bubble Top King of Oklahoma, the ‘Only in America’ shopping experience at the Bass Pro Pyramid in Memphis, the road to the crazy World […]

the enchanted grotto

Under the rich soil of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, magic has created its own enchanted forest made of lime and stone. The Luray Caverns for centuries have been a place of natural beauty that shocks and awes all who descent underground to step into a world painted by the nature…click here for the full article published in […]

winterrrrrrrrrrrr

Like snow, the new AmericA Magazine will fall in the week of December 4, not from the sky or on the ground but from the hand of the postman on a doormat of by simply taking it of the shelve of a quality bookstore. The winter edition features three articles by journeylism.nl, one being Nat […]

autummmmmmmmn

Autumn starts on September 13 this year when the new edition of AmericA Magazine falls on doormats and bookstore shelves like a leaf from a tree. Journeylism contributed three articles including the quarterly American Songbook column, Apple’s evolution from a garage into a UFO and a Northern California road trip framed in (Red-)wood…

home of bourbon, land of horses

Kentucky was built on horses. So the first night in the Bluegrass State, zzzzzzz’s are produced on the soft pillows of the former Coppin’s Department Store. Copppin’s was founded with money made by a race horse called Knowledge. These days it has been transformed into boutique Hotel Covington. But before sleep hits the fan, a […]

nothing ‘beads’ tampa

There is a treasure chest at the end of the rainbow and its name is Tampa a.k.a. The Big Guava. With historic Ybor City, a tasty food scene, wildlife, theme parks and a century old pirate invasion, this town is a sparkling destination for a city trip that ‘beads’ the imagination….click here for the full article […]

the haunted hotel

Railroad tycoon Alex Johnson set out to build South Dakota’s finest hotel. Decorated with Native American symbolism and art, his Tudor style showpiece dominated the skyline of what would be known as the City of Presidents: Rapid City. Apparently, Sir Alex fell so much in love with his palace that he could not part from […]