Red Solo Traveler Podcast

Red Solo Traveler Podcast

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  • They Asked Eisenhower to Run on This Ridge. The Tower Is Still There.
    A cocktail family’s castle on the Metacomet Ridge. A 1950 newspaper picnic. The lawn where they asked Eisenhower to run.

    Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/what-makes-talcott-mountain-state-park-unique
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    Conversation produced from Louis’s article.
    20 min
  • They Put the Rock Hall in Cleveland for a Radio Night. The Pyramid Opened Nine Years Later
    The Hall of Fame started as a New York dinner. Cleveland won the building because Alan Freed said “rock and roll” on WJW and the city would not let the museum leave. The pyramid opened nine years after the vote. The dinner still travels.

    Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/keep-on-rockin-at-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame
    Book your visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame!
    Book your stay a few blocks away at the Hyatt Regency Cleveland at the Arcade

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    20 min
  • The Two Voids Where the Towers Stood
    Two pools sit in the footprints of the Twin Towers. 2,983 names run the bronze. The plaza is free. The museum is seventy feet down.

    Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/the-two-voids-where-the-towers-stood

    There are numerous options for tickets if you're interested in visiting. If you purchase through any of the links below, I receive a small commission:
    • 9/11 Memorial & Museum Timed Ticket with Tour Options
    • 9/11 Memorial Official Guided Tour
    • 9/11 Memorial Tour with Museum and One World Entry Options


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    Conversation produced from Louis’s article.
    20 min
  • Washington Was Eighteen Minutes Away. They Put the Plane in a Field.
    United 93 left Newark late. The passengers learned the other planes were weapons. Eighteen minutes from Washington, the 757 went into a Somerset County field that is still their grave.

    Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/shanksvilles-memorial-an-unlikely-9-11-landmark

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    Conversation produced from Louis’s article.
    12 min
  • The Packers Were Named for a Meat Plant. The Town Still Owns the Team.
    Every other NFL team has an owner. Green Bay has shareholders — a packing-plant club the town refused to sell, in the oldest stadium still used by the team that opened it. The rain is part of the exhibit.

    Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/soaking-in-the-green-and-gold-a-packers

    Book your experience on Sports Traveler

    Just want to see the game? Green Bay Packers Football Game Ticket at Lambeau Field

    Go on a Stadium & Titletown District Segway Tour

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    Conversation produced from Louis’s article.
    20 min
  • Shea Sold You a Dog. Citi Field Sells You the City.
    Shea sold a hot dog and a cup. Citi Field sells New York on a concourse — pastrami that falls apart, sausage that holds, a julep in a souvenir cup — and prices it like a food festival. The stands worth the line, the ones to walk past, and whether the building still works when the Mets do not.

    Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/citi-field-food-guide

    Contrasts of Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, & Manhattan Tour

    New York Mets Baseball Game at Citi Field

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    11 min
  • Peak Season Is When You See the Line. Offseason Is When You See the Place.
    Peak weeks are when a historic house performs for a crowd. Offseason is when you can hear the guide — if the kitchen is still open and you checked the last tour time.

    Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/the-opposite

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    Conversation produced from Louis’s article.
    21 min
  • Seatbacks Making A Comeback, and The National Parks Goes Interactive
    How the return of seatback entertainment elevates the premium flying experience while also cutting costs for airlines. I also explore how AI is making national parks more immersive and interactive.

    Articles discussed:
    • American Airlines is reversing its bet against seatback screens (Business Insider, August 18, 2026)
    • Google, National Park Service Launch New Interactive Digital Hub (TravelPulse, August 20, 2026
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    31 min
  • Arnold Took This Point in an Afternoon. The Granite Fort Came Later.
    On September 6, 1781, Benedict Arnold took Fort Trumbull in minutes and burned New London. The granite pentagon you walk is the third fort on the point. Then the site trained the Coast Guard and hunted submarines.

    Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/walk-through-history-at-fort-trumbull-state-park

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    22 min
  • The British Burned 27 Ships at This Landing. The Last Warehouse Is Still on the Dock.
    On April 8, 1814, the British burned 27 ships at this Essex landing — the largest single American shipping loss of the war. The last steamboat warehouse on the river is still the building you walk into. Inside is a wooden submarine that failed to put a hole in a flagship.

    Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/drifting-into-the-connecticut-river-museum
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    Conversation produced from Louis’s article.
    18 min

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Travel across America with Louis of Red Solo Traveler — cities, ballparks, museums, presidential libraries. Episodes talk through his reporting. The visits, research, and writing are his. Photos,…