Rebuild by Going Local
Can struggling river towns bounce back by looking within?
Bypassing Fort Madison
Will a new highway bypass spell doom for Fort Madison, Iowa?
Limited Vision
It's not easy to see past signs of decay to appreciate a city's past and its future.
Chris Thomas King
Chris Thomas King I’m still not sure what “river music” is exactly, or which musicians play it, but I know it when I hear it. Chris Thomas King, born in the Mississippi River city of Baton Rouge (Louisiana), plays it. King’s father, Tabby Thomas, was a well-known blues musician who opened a blues
Budget Travel Magazine Names Greatest Riverfront Towns
Budget Travel put out another one of those silly articles that national magazines specialize in, the kind where they pick the 11 (that number is surprisingly common) best of something or other in the whole country: The 11 Best Honeymoon Locales for your Second Marriage! The 11 Most Gecko-Friendly Hotels! The 11 Most Shallow Travel
Lingering at the Crossroads
If you've never listened to the show Radiolab, now is a good time to start. Most of their shows focus on emerging topics in science, which may sound dry, but they present their topics with very engaging storytelling. The most recent episode is a great example of this. Robert Johnson is a legendary, nearly mythical