by Chris Clemens We all find things that we connect with and collect. It’s why the souvenir industry isn’t slowing down. People collect magnets, or coffee mugs, beer cans and even restaurant menus. Something about these seemingly mundane artifacts triggers a switch in us. We scour garage sales, eBay, and flea markets hoping to score […]
by Chris Clemens Ever wondered what it would be like to spend an entire day in Syracuse working your way through the menus of every tea shop you could find? Me too! And, so had my good friend Andrew Brady. We recently spent a day in the Salt City figuring out as much of the […]
by Chris Clemens The Northeast Classic Car Museum in Norwich, New York features almost 200 vehicles spread out over an unbelievable 89,000 square feet of space. The small Central New York town in Chenango County has been home to the museum since it opened in 1997. For my visit-a-different-Upstate-New-York-museum-every-month-in-2018 project, I made the 2 1/2 […]
by Chris Clemens As a young kid in school, we would regularly visit historical sites and museums. On those trips, it always seemed like the people giving us tours were….well….a lot older. And, to be fair, it does kind of make sense. History isn’t a huge money maker, and often times your local town historian […]
by Chris Clemens As 2017 was the 200th anniversary of the Erie Canal’s birth, it’s been on everyone’s mind more than usual. Most people are aware that the canal we know today is nothing near the size of the original. But, a lot of people don’t realize that this is actually the third version. In […]