This one time, I was searching for both a reason and a way to silence any excuses to hit the road down the coast to Oregon. The trip was hanging in the balance—until I stumbled upon this event, and just like that, bags were packed. Something spectacular was in full bloom at the Wooden Shoe …
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This one time I came to witness the decay of a ghost-metropolis, but somehow, I ended up falling for the city. I mean, why not if I found what I was looking for and more. Much more. If you find yourself on the outskirts of downtown, you generally have two choices: venture into the crumbling …
This one time Detroit wasn’t just a city—it was the city. In the first half of the 20th century, it was the beating heart of American industrialization. The fourth-largest metropolis in the country and, more importantly, the undisputed king of the automobile industry. If you wanted to build cars, you came to Detroit. If you …