Every year for the past few years a major museum has opened in Mississippi, and 2018 is no exception. Mike Gerrard reports back on the new MAX in Meridian.
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Mississippi to The MAX
07/05/2018 .
Wind River Country, Wyoming
24/01/2018 .
Andy Mossack explores the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming the setting for the recent movie Wind River. Starring Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen
Read the full story hereOn the Trail of Civil Rights in Tennessee and Mississippi
03/01/2018 .
A journey down Highway 61 from Memphis to Jackson takes Rupert Parker along the Mississippi Freedom Trail. It carries echoes of his previous trip to Alabama.
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31/07/2017 .
“Architects may come and architects may go and never change your point of view,” sang Art Garfunkel about his hero, Frank Lloyd Wright. But you could never accuse the 20th century starchitect of not making a difference; Wright changed everything about the way we live, the father of open plan design and homes which blur the boundaries between inside and the great outdoors.
Read the full story hereThe LBJ Presidential Library
08/07/2017 .
Austin in Texas had long been on our wish list of cities to visit, and proved to be everything we’d expected and more. From the grandeur of the State Capitol that opened in 1808 to the fashionable funkiness of the quirky shops on South Congress, where my wife treated herself to a pair of Texas cowgirl boots.
Read the full story hereBeautiful Michigan Beyond Detroit
06/06/2017 .
Detroit might be Michigan’s most famous city, but beyond it lies a state packed with potential and virtually untapped by tourists outside the USA. Andy Mossack goes to discover beautiful Michigan beyond Detroit.
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24/05/2017 .
Andy Mossack discovers a whole new Detroit, re-emerging from the ashes of bankruptcy. it really is the Comeback City.
“We didn’t come here just to play, we came to pray too.” Martha Reeves is reminiscing as we sit together in Motown’s original Studio A on West Grand Boulevard. Perhaps all that praying paid off, as Detroit’s recent revival is nothing short of a miracle.
Read the full story hereThe Arty Side of Las Vegas
29/04/2017 .
Play a word association game with the name of Las Vegas and the responses would be words like gambling, slot machines, showgirls, shows and the Las Vegas Strip. But there’s another more cultured side to the city, usually hidden beneath the brash neon.
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13/03/2017 .
Everyone’s heard of Route 66 and the Pacific Coast Highway, two of the greatest road trips in the USA, but there are over 100 other stunning scenic drives which needn’t take you weeks to complete. These are America’s National Scenic Byways.
Read the full story hereOrlando beyond just theme parks
13/02/2017 .
