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DAY SIX – JOLIET, IL TO LOWDEN, IA
FIrst thing this morning, we passed through Plainfield, where the Lincoln Highway and the later alignment of Route 66 actually share the same three blocks. Two of America’s most iconic roads overlapping for just a moment… it’s small, but it feels like a little wink from history. Indiana has this whole series of thirteen Lincoln…
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DAY FOUR – HANOVERTON, OH TO FORT WAYNE, IN
Last night was spent at the restored Spread Eagle Tavern… built in 1837 and brought back to life in 1990. It’s a fine‑dining restaurant and bed‑and‑breakfast now, with period‑authentic rooms, a dozen fireplaces, and all the classic Federal‑style details… symmetry, hand‑carved mantels, even a stone eagle watching over the entry. It’s also believed to have…
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Frank Lloyd Wright Sites in Pennsylvania
If you spent any time in an orthodontist’s office in the 1980s — and I spent nine years in one because my orthodontist told my mother I had “the most screwed‑up teeth he had ever seen” — then you probably remember that poster. The one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater … the house that looks…
