A timeless hero remembered at Mount Vernon, Virginia

A visit to Mount Vernon, just outside Washington, D.C., is full of adventure and discovery as you tour the museum that documents the life of George Washington, and his the estate where he lived and died. "You can...

Annual Open House and Air Show with the Blue Angels

The 2010 Joint Service Open House and Air Show had three days of excellent weather for an aerial extravaganza by the world's most famous pilots as well as historical and current  displays of the aircraft from...

Wacky Kinetic Sculpture Race returns to Baltimore

"This eclectic, and let's just say plain wacky, race combines genius, creativity, nerdy-ness, engineering skills, physical strength and acting ability." On May 1st the wild, wacky and very creative people of the...

The Walters Art Museum - priceless art for free

" Get lost in the beautiful paintings by Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Jean-Leon Gerome or the intricate beauty of the jeweled imperial Faberge Easter eggs made for Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II of...

Tour Jefferson's Monticello in Virginia

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - Drop in on Thomas Jefferson's home this holiday season, like countless visitors did two hundred years ago. The house at Monticello, designed by Jefferson, is built in the Roman neoclassicism...

Jerusalem Mill Village hosts the Revolution

Historic Jerusalem Mill Village, in Maryland, hosted hundreds of re-enactors in a battle between Continental soldiers and the British Redcoats on Oct 10-11, 2009.  The battle  pitted over a hundred soldiers...

Thousands Line Up for National Book Festival

Tens of thousands book-lovers walked the National Mall, between the Capitol and the Washington Monument, to hear from their favorite authors today. Even with threatening clouds, and a few raindrops, the crowds kept...

2009 National Book Festival in D.C.

World famous writers, illustrators and poets will gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the 2009 National Book Festival, this Saturday, September 26. Now in its ninth year the event, organized and...

Atlantic City Air Show Rocks the Beach

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Windows rattled along the boardwalk as the sky came to life with Raptors, Super Hornets and Fighting Falcons, filling the sky over the ocean surf, bringing the thunder to Atlantic City. The...

Thunder Over the Boardwalk - East Coast Air Show

One of the last East Coast air shows, of the 2009 season, takes place in Atlantic City, New Jersey, August 19th from 11:00 a.m to 3:30 p.m. Billed as "Thunder Over the Boardwalk" the event is sure to rock the...

Rocky Mountaineer Rolls On

Vancouver, British Columbia - A cast of colorful characters from around the world, boarded the Rocky Mountaineer luxury train in Vancouver, British Columbia. Together we would ride the rails on the train awarded...

Invasion of the Jellyfish

BALTIMORE, MD - Most people recognize jellyfish, or sea jellies, by their unique transparent bell shape and long dangling tentacles.  Gently they float along with the current, waiting to sting an unsuspecting...

Thunderbirds Roar Over U.S. Capitol

ANDREWS AFB, MARYLAND - The world renown U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, roared into the skies over Maryland and Washington, D.C. today in preparation for Armed Forces Day.  They are...

A Different Kind of Race

While much of the world was keeping an eye on the 135th running of the Kentucky Derby, hundreds turned out in Baltimore, Maryland for a race of a different kind. The 11th annual Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race...

Port Call - Castaway Cay, Day 7

CASTAWAY CAY, BAHAMAS - Imagine a quiet private island in the Bahamas that comes to life only when a Disney Cruise ship arrives. A couple of times a week this small island has thousands of visitors, from around the...