Downtown

Marshall once aspired to be the state capital of Michigan. They were passed over in favor of another small agricultural town - Lansing. Owning to a central location on the Territorial Road (later paralleled largely by Interstate-94) the commercial activity and attendant quality of buildings is remarkable. Marshall has had...

Walking along the water one quickly gets the sense of the close connection Charleston has with the coast and ocean waterways. The Old Exchange is among many landmark quality buildings that give Charleston its distinctive character. As we walked through Charleston what was lacking in street level activity, was made...

The 1982 World's Fair, formally known as the Knoxville International Energy Exposition, was held from May 1, 1982 to October 31, 1982. Over 11 million visitors attended. The fair was constructed on a 70-acre site between downtown Knoxville and the University of Tennessee. This was previously a deteriorated Louisville and...

Shelbyville hosted the Kentucky Main Street training in January 2013. This gave an opportunity to get to know the community a little bit better. Squire Boone's Station from 1779 was the only large station on the Wilderness Road between Harrodstown and the Falls of the Ohio River. In 1781 it...

As the county seat for Laurel County - London has many of the accoutrements that you might expect - a dignified Colonial Revival Court House, law offices, and a smattering of businesses around them. The Wilderness Road (1775-1795) crossed the Boone Trace in Laurel County. Laurel County was established in...

We visited the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge on May 25, 2012, just before sunset. There a sizable crowd had already arrived. Watching the people gathered on the lawn below was nearly as entertaining as seeing the bats fly out from their hiding place beneath the bridge.

The region was established in 1731 as Canaan Parish, a separate ecclesiastical society of the Congregational Churches of Norwalk and Stanford. Incorporated as a town in 1801, New Canaan encompassed the area of Canaan Parish with additional land annexed on the northern and western boundaries. During the early nineteenth century,...

The historic Church of San Servacio (Iglesia de San Servacio) is located in the heart of Valladolid, Yucatán, Mexico. Visible in the background through the trees is the iconic limestone facade and central arched entrance of the colonial-era church, originally constructed in 1545 and rebuilt in the early 1700s. The...

The Ithaca-Owego Railroad is the second chartered in the state and incorporated June 28, 1828. It crossed the village park to a terminus on the side of Ahwaga Park. The Tioga County Court House was built in 1872. Tioga promotes itself as "the Coolest Small Town in America." The only...

Royal Oak has always been an affluent suburb in Metropolitan Detroit. The Detroit Zoo is located nearby. Oakland Community College has a Royal Oak campus. This attracts a significant number of visitors. In recent years the construction of several large mixed-use buildings transformed the downtown further making it a destination...