A little world of the past, wrapped inside a fairytale scenary. If I had to talk about Concord in just a few words, I could’t be able to find a more appropriate description. It’s amazing to think how this pretty town in New England, set inside a wonderful landscape which is at its best during…
What to see in Hartford, CT: travelling around Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer and Uncle Tom’s Cabin’s “birthplaces”.
We said there warn’t no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft. (Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain) Writing about “my” America isn’t always that easy. Far beyond stories, travel advice and practical information,…
Things to do in Hannibal, Missouri: Mark Twain’s boyhood home and Museum
Hannibal is a little bit more than a village, made of small houses with wooden fences, unpaved paths, old grade crossings, shops that have the smell of fresh-from-the-oven apple tarts, red brick sidewalks and lamposts that remind you of old times. If you get there by car from the hill overlooking the town, with you…
