Ernst
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Tomorrow brings a new year and with it, I'm going to spend the first two weeks sharing an adventure I embarked on last fall: a road trip through rural Indiana on what is called the "Garfield Trail" (A series of Garfield statues spread out over Grant County.) This picture is Jim Davis' writing desk!
December 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Tomorrow brings a new year and with it, I'm going to spend the first two weeks sharing an adventure I embarked on last fall: a road trip through rural Indiana on what is called the "Garfield Trail" (A series of Garfield statues spread out over Grant County.) This picture is Jim Davis' writing desk!
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I continue my countdown tonight of my top 5 favorite photos from 2025. This is the world famous Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas. The musical fountain show is performed in an 8.5-acre lake in front of the resort, using 1,214 water nozzles and 4,792 lights. The fountains shoot as high as 460 feet!
December 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I continue my countdown tonight of my top 5 favorite photos from 2025. This is the world famous Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas. The musical fountain show is performed in an 8.5-acre lake in front of the resort, using 1,214 water nozzles and 4,792 lights. The fountains shoot as high as 460 feet!
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I'm sharing my top 5 favorite photos of 2025 to end the year and this is #3 from The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas from my visit in November. Please check back every day and LIKE and REPOST my posts so others can find me too!
December 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I'm sharing my top 5 favorite photos of 2025 to end the year and this is #3 from The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas from my visit in November. Please check back every day and LIKE and REPOST my posts so others can find me too!
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My Christmas countdown has concluded and I'm now going to share my 5 favorite photos from 2025 with you - one per day. This one is from the base of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, which I visited in August. Please check back every day and LIKE and REPOST so others can find me too!
December 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
My Christmas countdown has concluded and I'm now going to share my 5 favorite photos from 2025 with you - one per day. This one is from the base of the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Missouri, which I visited in August. Please check back every day and LIKE and REPOST so others can find me too!
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Merry Christmas everyone!! I hope everyone had a wonderful day! My last Christmas adventure brings us to the platform 9 3/4 tree at Kings Cross Station in London. Please LIKE and REPOST if you can, and be sure to check back tomorrow when I start the countdown of my 5 favorite pictures of 2025!
December 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Merry Christmas everyone!! I hope everyone had a wonderful day! My last Christmas adventure brings us to the platform 9 3/4 tree at Kings Cross Station in London. Please LIKE and REPOST if you can, and be sure to check back tomorrow when I start the countdown of my 5 favorite pictures of 2025!
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The Gilmore Car Museum in Michigan recreates living rooms from each decade of the 20th century as they would have looked at Christmas. This one is the 1980's, and that is the decade that I came into existence! I was afraid of being left behind, or for museum officials to refuse to let me leave!
December 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The Gilmore Car Museum in Michigan recreates living rooms from each decade of the 20th century as they would have looked at Christmas. This one is the 1980's, and that is the decade that I came into existence! I was afraid of being left behind, or for museum officials to refuse to let me leave!
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Only a few more days until Christmas! Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the Detroit Zoo to see their zoo light display, called Wild Lights. And I have to say, these lights were pretty wild! Have you visited a holiday display at a zoo before? If so, where? I need future adventure ideas!
December 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Only a few more days until Christmas! Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the Detroit Zoo to see their zoo light display, called Wild Lights. And I have to say, these lights were pretty wild! Have you visited a holiday display at a zoo before? If so, where? I need future adventure ideas!
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My countdown to Christmas continues with my favorite holiday adventures! This is from the world famous Selfridges department store in London! Fun fact: this is the very store from Love Actually, where Rowan Atkinson's jewelry department clerk took to long to gift wrap the necklace.
December 20, 2025 at 12:54 AM
My countdown to Christmas continues with my favorite holiday adventures! This is from the world famous Selfridges department store in London! Fun fact: this is the very store from Love Actually, where Rowan Atkinson's jewelry department clerk took to long to gift wrap the necklace.
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I'd watch a "Christmas Vacation" prequel that focuses on Margot and Todd's origin story. Someone get on that.
December 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I'd watch a "Christmas Vacation" prequel that focuses on Margot and Todd's origin story. Someone get on that.
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It’s my countdown to Christmas with my favorite holiday adventures! Today I am sharing my trip to the Christkindlmarket in Chicago from 2023. These European style markets are famous for their spiced hot wine, schnitzel, and wonderful gifts. Chicago’s market originated in 1996.
December 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
It’s my countdown to Christmas with my favorite holiday adventures! Today I am sharing my trip to the Christkindlmarket in Chicago from 2023. These European style markets are famous for their spiced hot wine, schnitzel, and wonderful gifts. Chicago’s market originated in 1996.
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That time I rode the Maid of the Mist boat at Niagara Falls back in 2001. Did I get wet? Doesn't everyone?? They don't make cow sized ponchos!
December 13, 2025 at 12:36 AM
That time I rode the Maid of the Mist boat at Niagara Falls back in 2001. Did I get wet? Doesn't everyone?? They don't make cow sized ponchos!
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Did you know that McDonald's is selling a Grinch adult Happy Meal?? You get Grinch socks as your "toy"! Speaking of, last year I visited the Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, OH and they had a display of original cells from when they made the cartoon. So cool!
December 6, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Did you know that McDonald's is selling a Grinch adult Happy Meal?? You get Grinch socks as your "toy"! Speaking of, last year I visited the Dayton Art Institute in Dayton, OH and they had a display of original cells from when they made the cartoon. So cool!
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Happy Thanksgiving! Earlier this year, I made a stop at the Berkeley Plantation along the James River. They lay claim to the site of the first Thanksgiving in 1619. Historians note that in the early days, the celebration of Thanksgiving was a religious experience, not a festival of food. Bummer.
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Happy Thanksgiving! Earlier this year, I made a stop at the Berkeley Plantation along the James River. They lay claim to the site of the first Thanksgiving in 1619. Historians note that in the early days, the celebration of Thanksgiving was a religious experience, not a festival of food. Bummer.
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This is from my visit to Little Havana in Miami, Florida in 2023. I didn't know that chickens smoke cigars. Maybe in Cuba they do? Everyone smokes cigars in Cuba so probably the chickens do too.
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
This is from my visit to Little Havana in Miami, Florida in 2023. I didn't know that chickens smoke cigars. Maybe in Cuba they do? Everyone smokes cigars in Cuba so probably the chickens do too.
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More is more. We’ve got 380 (or so) of our favorite new books, right here:
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
More is more. We’ve got 380 (or so) of our favorite new books, right here:
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This is a famous landmark just outside Detroit, MI. The Uniroyal Giant Tire was created by the United States Rubber Company for the 1964 New York World's Fair, where it functioned as a Ferris wheel. Since 1966 it has been a static display alongside Interstate 94 in Allen Park, MI. I saw it in 2023.
November 24, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is a famous landmark just outside Detroit, MI. The Uniroyal Giant Tire was created by the United States Rubber Company for the 1964 New York World's Fair, where it functioned as a Ferris wheel. Since 1966 it has been a static display alongside Interstate 94 in Allen Park, MI. I saw it in 2023.
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After all that humid tropical air last week, I really need the desert to dry me out! Unfortunately, I am not there - this photo from Phoenix, Arizona is from 2024. Nevertheless, I am thinking dry thoughts!
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
After all that humid tropical air last week, I really need the desert to dry me out! Unfortunately, I am not there - this photo from Phoenix, Arizona is from 2024. Nevertheless, I am thinking dry thoughts!
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I am home safe and sound from my vacation to Texas and a Caribbean cruise. Thank you to all who followed along. If you missed my adventures, simply scroll back through my timeline and check it out. I post one fresh adventure every day. Nov 13 was my 1 year anniversary on here without missing a day!
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I am home safe and sound from my vacation to Texas and a Caribbean cruise. Thank you to all who followed along. If you missed my adventures, simply scroll back through my timeline and check it out. I post one fresh adventure every day. Nov 13 was my 1 year anniversary on here without missing a day!
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Hello from Texas (again)! I got off my cruise this morning and spent some time at the Johnson Space Center before heading to the airport. This a mockup of the space shuttle on top of the actual 747 that used to ferry them around the country when the shuttle program was active.
November 15, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Hello from Texas (again)! I got off my cruise this morning and spent some time at the Johnson Space Center before heading to the airport. This a mockup of the space shuttle on top of the actual 747 that used to ferry them around the country when the shuttle program was active.
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I’m on a ship sailing towards Mexico at the moment but here’s another picture I took on Saturday in Houston, Texas. This is on top of The Mount at the Hermann Park Conservancy.
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I’m on a ship sailing towards Mexico at the moment but here’s another picture I took on Saturday in Houston, Texas. This is on top of The Mount at the Hermann Park Conservancy.
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If you know you know...This picture was taken in 2021 inside a Twisters restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. If you don't know, or you only kind of know, this is the filming location that doubled for the famous fictional chicken restaurant in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If you know you know...This picture was taken in 2021 inside a Twisters restaurant in Albuquerque, New Mexico. If you don't know, or you only kind of know, this is the filming location that doubled for the famous fictional chicken restaurant in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
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Tonight is all hallows' eve eve so get a good night sleep because tomorrow we wait for the Great Pumpkin to rise from the pumpkin patch. He will be carrying a large bag of toys to deliver to believing children. I hope you are one of them!
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Tonight is all hallows' eve eve so get a good night sleep because tomorrow we wait for the Great Pumpkin to rise from the pumpkin patch. He will be carrying a large bag of toys to deliver to believing children. I hope you are one of them!
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How's about another spooky adventure? The Black Angel statue was installed in 1912 and stands over eight feet tall in Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City, IA and is eerily black due to oxidization. Local legends on how it turned black are much more sinister.
October 26, 2025 at 11:42 PM
How's about another spooky adventure? The Black Angel statue was installed in 1912 and stands over eight feet tall in Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City, IA and is eerily black due to oxidization. Local legends on how it turned black are much more sinister.
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I don't know what the story is here. This is just a giant head I ran into at the Amber Cove cruise port on the northern part of the Dominican Republic when I visited last year. It was a little unsettling to be honest.
October 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I don't know what the story is here. This is just a giant head I ran into at the Amber Cove cruise port on the northern part of the Dominican Republic when I visited last year. It was a little unsettling to be honest.