BOB AND RAY AND WALLY AND KOMODO DRAGONS

From radio’s heyday to SNL and beyond, audiences loved the gentle mockery of Bob and Ray.

WITSThe AtticSeptember 15, 2022BOB AND RAY, Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding, American humor, American satire, American radio Comments

ROGER MILLER -- COUNTRY'S WACKY WORDSMITH

Nashville had plenty of Hanks and Patsys, but there was only one Roger Miller.

WITSThe AtticSeptember 8, 2022Roger Miller, Dang Me, King of the Road, Nashville, Country Music, Big River Comment

WHERE THE HEROES LIVE

Think there are few heroes in our cynical age? The Carnegie Hero Fund knows thousands.

HEROESThe AtticSeptember 1, 2022Carnegie Hero Fund, Andrew Carnegie, Heroes, American heroes Comment

HARPER'S FERRY -- HISTORY'S PERFECT FRAME

Two rivers and three states converge to make Harpers Ferry astonishing. But John Brown also made it historic.

American PlacesThe AtticAugust 25, 2022Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, Civil War, John Brown, American history Comment

WHERE TOM AND HUCK WERE BORN

Mark Twain roamed the world, but came home to an astonishing house. “There ought to be a room in this house to swear in.”

American Places, Arts &, BOOK-ISHThe AtticAugust 24, 2022Mark Twain, Mark Twain Homestead, Huckleberry Finn, Writers' homes in America, Hartford, Hartford Connecticut, Samuel Clemens Comments

THE STEAMER, "THE SHINING," AND THE STANLEY HOTEL

F.O. Stanley needed a place to die. Stephen King needed a plot. Together they haunt the Stanley Hotel. (As seen in “The Shining.”)

American Places, ATTIC AT THE MOVIESThe AtticAugust 18, 2022Stanley Hotel, Steven King, Stephen King, The Shining, Colorado Comments

DARK SKIES OVER DRIPPIN’

As Texas grows and glows, Hill Country towns are dimming the lights and saving the night sky.

American PlacesThe AtticAugust 16, 2022Dark Skies, Dripping Springs Comments

RIDING THE MIRACLE RAILS -- "NOTHING LIKE IT IN THE WORLD"

The Attic journeys over the Sierras on the trackbeds of America’s epic Transcontinental Railroad.

American Places, BUILDERSThe AtticAugust 11, 2022Transcontinental Railroad, Amtrak, Trains, Train rides, Sierra Nevadas Comments

ART + INDUSTRY + INNOVATION = MASS MOCA

Turning an old factory into a cutting-edge art museum was just the start of Mass MoCA’s magic.

American Places, ART-ISHThe AtticAugust 5, 2022Mass MoCA, Contemporary Art, Art museums Comment

THE GREAT AMERICAN ROAD TRIP -- AND MINE

The Great American Road Trip is barely a century old.

American PlacesThe AtticAugust 1, 2022Comment

FROM AMERICA'S EMPTY QUARTER

Somewhere just outside of Wolf Point, Montana, I step into the prairie wilderness.

American PlacesThe AtticJuly 29, 2022Montana, Eastern Montana, Wolf Point Montana, Wilderness Ideal Comment

DOWN AT THE CADILLAC RANCH

The artists of Ant Farm planted their car craziness on the Texas Panhandle. The world came. So did The Attic.

American Places, ART-ISHThe AtticJuly 29, 2022Cadillac Ranch, Ant Farm, Pop art, Amarillo, Texas, Springsteen Comments

CATCH A WAVE -- IN SURF CITY

Surfing is worldwide but it took a California beach town to make it a craze. And to keep it current.

American PlacesThe AtticJuly 28, 2022Surfing, Surf music, Surf culture, Huntington Beach, Beach BoysComment

DALE CHILHULY -- THROUGH A GLASS BRIGHTLY

Glass half-blinded and nearly killed Dale Chihuly. But he became its master.

ART-ISHThe AtticJuly 28, 2022Dale Chihuly, Glass blowing, Chihuly, Chihuly Garden and Glass, American art Comments

EIGHT GENERAL STORES IN VERMONT

They invented one-stop shopping — in the 1800s. Can they survive in the age of Amazon?

American PlacesThe AtticJuly 22, 2022Vermont General Stores, Vermont, Green Mountain State Comment

W.E.B. DUBOIS AND THE GREAT RACE DEBATE

When W.E.B. DuBois debated Lothrop Stoddard, white supremacy was laughed off the stage.

TEACHERS, HEROESThe AtticJuly 14, 2022W.E.B. DuBois, Lothrop Stoddard, Race in America, Racial debate, eugenics, The Rising Tide of Color Against White World Supremacy Comments

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