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World's Eeriest Abandoned Places - Lehigh Acres, Florida
My wife's parents owned a vacation home here for a time.
Welcome - Haus Germana Kapeller
I think this is the Privatzimmer where my wife and I stayed while visiting Salzburg in September 1990. It is one of several B&Bs on Kasern Berg, north of the city, up a hill from the Salzburg Maria Plain station. The home page mentions that they show Sound of Music in the breakfast room in the evenings and another page mentions being able to catch the Sound of Music tour bus. Let's Go Austria and Switzerland describes the hostess as "lively, gregarious," which fits my recollection.
Charting America's Best Food Stops - WSJ.com
"Jane and Michael Stern select the country's top all-American dishes in '500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late.'" Murphy's Steakhouse in Bartlesville gets a mention.
SideStep: Cheap Flights, Cheap Hotels, Cheap Airfare, Airline Tickets, Travel Deals
I used Sidestep to shop for a flight. I was very impressed with the way it allowed me to filter available flights according to criteria that were important for me.
American Rails: Surviving Oklahoma Railroad Stations
A list of surviving stations, depots, and terminals around the state. I'm proud to say that my grandfather, Johnny Bates, as a member of the Lions Club, helped to save the Nowata Missouri Pacific station when the railroad wanted to tear it down.
Airline Seating Charts - Best Airplane Seats - SeatGuru
Travelers' advice on pros and cons of each seat on just about every kind of commercial passenger airplane -- where you'll find extra legroom, under-seat obstructions, power ports, too-narrow armrests, etc.
Internet Archive: Details: Disneyland Dream
This is the Disneyland my parents visited as young people. "In July 1956, the five-member Barstow family of Wethersfield, Connecticut, won a free trip to newly-opened Disneyland in Anaheim, California, in a nationwide contest. This 30-minute amateur documentary film tells the fabulous story of their fun-filled, dream-come-true, family travel adventure, filmed on the scene at Walt Disney's "Magic Kingdom" by Robbins Barstow." The Internet Archive has the whole film available for viewing and downloading. (Via Mark Evanier, who reports that this film has been named by the Library of Congress to the National Film Registry.)
Southwest emerges as bidder for ATA's LaGuardia slots
Southwest Airlines to New York City? They're buying a defunct airline to get access to the Big Apple.
Foreign Service Institute language courses -- audio courses developed by the U. S. Government in the '60s -- are available free for download. Over 30 languages from Amharic to Yoruba.
Even cartoonist Scott Adams vacations in Branson.
