The word museum makes people think of dinosaur skeletons, Eg…
The word museum makes people think of dinosaur skeletons, Egyptian mummies, and ancient cave drawings. But there are less well-known museums available to entertain and educate people of all interests. One such unusual museum is Mont Hollertz Chevyland USA in Elm Creek, Nebraska. More than eighty Chevrolet automobiles, all restored and in running condition, are displayed there. Then there’s the Liberace Museum in Las Vegas. Many possessions of the flashy pianist-showman are on exhibit there. They include customized cars, a jeweled miniature piano presented to Liberace by the Queen of England, and Liberace’s $60,000 copy of King George V’s coronation robe. Yet another off-beat museum is the Red Light Museum in Washington, D.C. This museum serves to house mementoes of the world’s oldest profession, prostitution. A nineteenth-century sex manual, a racy Victorian-era slide show, and erotic postcards are among the exhibits there.
Read DetailsAlaska’s road to statehood involved a series of “owners.” Th…
Alaska’s road to statehood involved a series of “owners.” The original people to live in the huge state of Alaska were Eskimos, Aleuts (natives of the Aleutian Islands, which lie off of Alaska), and Indians. In 1731, a Russian explorer landed on the Alaskan coast. Russia claimed that land as her own, and in years that followed, many Russians were involved in exploring the coast and trading with the Alaskan natives. The United States held discussions with Russia about purchasing Alaska as early as 1859, but the deal was put off by the American Civil War. In 1867, the U.S. purchased the Alaskan territory for $7.2 million. The territory became the forty-ninth state in 1959.
Read DetailsStart building a fire by crumpling up wads of newspaper and…
Start building a fire by crumpling up wads of newspaper and placing them between the andirons. Then pile kindling wood on top of the newspaper. Next place several large logs on the andirons, leaving spaces between them so the fire can “breathe.”
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