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Author: Shannon

5 Minutes in Montana

5 Minutes in Montana

Big Sky Country: Flathead Lake Do you know what I think about when someone mentions Montana? Legends of the Fall If you have somehow never seen this movie, I **implore** you to stop reading this blog post and go find it on a streaming service [Read more…]

Glacier National Park: The Crown Jewel of the Continent

Glacier National Park: The Crown Jewel of the Continent

Thick, white layers of fog pressed against the windows of my rental car as I ascended the narrow lanes of Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. Deemed a National Historic Landmark, National Historic Place, and a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark, the windy road traverses 50 [Read more…]

5 Minutes in Idaho

5 Minutes in Idaho

Let me give you a very quick and unsolicited piece of advice:  People from Idaho do not want to hear your f*****g potato jokes. I found this out the hard way, which is why I’m trying to pay it forward and let you know that [Read more…]

Kelley-O’Brien Mansion: St. Augustine’s Hidden Treasure

Kelley-O’Brien Mansion: St. Augustine’s Hidden Treasure

Lewis Ogden O’Brien had just turned 12 in the spring of 1885, when he scribbled out a short note, jammed it inside a bottle, and hid it inside an air vent at his family’s new winter estate in Florida. The oldest of three, Lewis would [Read more…]