Dennis Lennox
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In Louisville, historic churches overlooked
Most visitors to Louisville, Kentucky, don’t come to see historic churches. Admittedly, the big draws are the Kentucky Derby and pretty much everything bourbon. But beyond horses and distilled spirits are more than a half-dozen churches from the late 1800s and early 1900s. Many are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
In St. Louis, old churches rival Europe’s great cathedrals
Forget going to Europe this summer to see old churches. Instead, stay much closer to home with a trip to St. Louis.
Postcard from Lewis and Clark’s Fort Clatsop
Almost to the day I stood near where the American explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark first glimpsed the Pacific Ocean in November 1805.
Questions remain centuries after disappearance of England’s first colony on Roanoke
The site of the first English colony in America sits largely overshadowed by the famed beaches on the barrier islands that form North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
Endless charm and all things equestrian in Aiken
This smallish city in South Carolina is right out of central casting. No wonder Aiken received the National Civic League’s All-America City award back in 1997. Twenty-four years later, the cityscape is still a postcard-perfect scene.
Postcard from the Grand Canyon’s overlooked gateway
Grand Canyon National Park is one of those bucket list destinations that seldom disappoints. After all, it is all about the sheer beauty of the landscape. This natural wonder, a testament to the design of God the Creator, with its varying colors and deep gorges carved through layers of rock is truly magnificent.
A big, small town
There is more to Columbia, Missouri, than college students.
Prince Philip’s funeral in hallowed St. George’s Chapel was thoroughly Christian
The ceremonial funeral Saturday of Prince Philip was a theologically orthodox service as expressed through the timeless Anglican rites of the Church of England, observers said. It also came at a time when faith in the public square is more often than not watered down to accommodate the panoply of beliefs and nonbeliefs.
Postcard from normalcy in Florida’s Clearwater Beach
Walking the sugar-white sand that forms the beachfront in Clearwater was a journey to the return of normalcy.
Driving England’s steepest road
Ravenglass, a village on an estuary flowing to the Irish Sea, is a world removed from the other side of the picturesque ...