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Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN As with so many art collections, this one begins with a story. American collectors Wilhelmina Cole Holladay and her husband, Wallace, discovered 17th century Flemish artist Clara [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Standing amid a reproduction of Baltimore's Camden Yards baseball stadium, a boy more interested in watching Garret Anderson than Pamela Anderson picks up a [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN The ancient Egyptians built grand pyramids, then filled them with treasures to honor their leaders. We do the same with our leaders, in the forms of presidential [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN The Outer Banks of North Carolina are an oddly shaped parcel of real estate and a well-known vacation destination. That said, those who have heard the name [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN SAN FRANCISCO -- Comedian Simone Alexander's city walking tour is more like a game show than traditional tour. Actually, it's more a parody of a game show. [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN Okay, Jeopardy fans, here's 'Colonial America'' for $200. Answer: 'The Pilgrims stopped here on Nov. 11, 1620.'' Question: 'What is Plymouth, Massachusetts?'' Wrong. The Mayflower first docked [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN John Wayne's 1953 Corvette is there. So are James Dean's '49 Mercury, Elvis' '73 Cadillac and Jack Benny's famed Maxwell, all at home in Reno, Nev., at [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN Franklin Roosevelt's favorite spot on his presidential yacht was the open aft section, the fantail. And why not? When we sat there, the ocean breeze wafted by [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN Peanut margarine. Polio-vaccine research. A special group of World War II pilots. Noted authors. All share something in common, and it can be found here. The celebrated [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN Father Christmas, slender, bearded and donning a crown of holly berries, stands in the Bullard Tavern at Old Sturbridge Village and explains to visitors that the word [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN The Renaissance Revival replica portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbina, painted on light blue and dark orange backgrounds, stare longingly at one another. The originals, [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN Funny, isn't it, how rain always has a way of putting a damper - pun intended - on a vacation even if you are in a city [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN 'Okay, Commander,'' says Chuck Penson to a girl, roughly age 10 with a mouth full of braces. She has one hand on the control panel. 'Turn the [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN Escaping the past in Boston is about as impossible as hitting a Pedro Martinez fastball. But visiting the city with kids is much more than in-person sessions [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN The arch, standing 44 feet and 6 inches high, commands your attention. Its exact height is no accident but rather an allusion to the date of the [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN I eschewed the 3D-360 flight simulator, not really wanting to spin upside down - or at least not wanting to feel the effects on my viscera of [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN In the words of our luncheon speaker, 'When the engines stop, it feels like you're hitting a brick wall at 300 mph.'' Ouch! Obviously, our luncheon speaker [...]

Byline: Michael Schuman Special to the Herald SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Some Americans wait lifetimes to make pilgrimages to Gettysburg or Graceland. I made mine to California wine country. Peanuts […]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN There is something mystical about the prairie. It seems to extend forever, belying the Earth's curves. It was an ocean of grass, and so the pioneers' big [...]

Byline: Michael Schuman Special to the Herald ST. ALBANS, Vermont - Cotton candy and hot dogs on sticks, usually the most popular of fair fare, bow to sugar on snow […]

Byline: Michael Schuman Special to the Herald NEW ORLEANS - Yes, I too like watching attractive young women exposing parts of their bodies in public, but that's not what Mardi […]

Byline: Michael Schuman Special to the Herald SAN DIEGO - Chances are when Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo sailed into San Diego Bay in 1542 he didn't say to his crew, "Gee, […]

Byline: Michael Schuman Special to the Herald DEERFIELD - "Have a taste. It won't hurt," tenders a woman dressed in the fashions of the 17th century. She breaks off chips […]

Special to the Herald LORETTO, Ky. - In front of us is a vat full of fermenting mash. The smell alone will clear out your sinuses. It's bubbling like the […]

Easton, Pa. --- Forget your parents' reprimand 'Don't write on the walls.' Ignore your teachers' 'Stay between the lines.' Come to the Crayola Factory, and write your name in letters [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN SIMIVALLEY,Calif. -- When I first visited the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, shortly after it opened in 1993, one of the permanent exhibits was a video touting the [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN PORTSMOUTH,N.H. -- It is 1919 in the Shapiro House, and Sarah Shapiro stands in her kitchen dressed in conservative blue dress, chopping onions and other ingredients for [...]

Byline: MICHAEL SCHUMAN QUINCY,Mass. -- No one could accuse the Adamses, father and son, of getting to the White House on their looks and charm. John Adams, second president of [...]