Edgar Allen Poe could write some amazing fictional tales…but perhaps some of most intriguing fiction was that he told about his own life.  We’ll try to sort some of the facts and myths

He is one of the nation’s most famous writers and although he bounced from city to city, it was here in Philadelphia that his work began to be appreciated by all Americans…

You don’t often this of a science laboratory as a tourist attraction.  While it wasn’t built for that purpose, it certainly does get plenty of interested people wanting to see the novel experiments being conducted…

For the folks who work here, we don’t live on earth but rather Biosphere 1.  That’s why their facility is called Biosphere 2, and while not nearly as big as the earth, it’s mighty impressive…

Some might call it a greenhouse, but it’s far more that plants under glass.  It’s a amazing facility doing cutting edge research…

He made millions with an important invention for an automobile.  But his life was far bigger than just that patent he received.  His life is quite a tale…

The years was 1795 and on what was then the western frontier of the United States, a meeting of some of the most notable people on the continent took place in the wilderness…

It was one the largest forts of its day, yet a place hard to find a trace of today.  The events are still remembered though…

It is a story of westward expansion and the inevitable confrontation of those heading west and those already on the land.  The story is one told at this important city…

This place is so important in native American culture, that even when warring tribes arrived here, they put down their weapons and worked together…