Video Visits and Fast Fotos offer a quick look at museums, historical and natural sites. (Left click on small Fast Fotos to enlarge them and read their captions; left click on videos to play them.) As you browse these short programs and snapshots, please keep in mind that museums may change exhibits and even operating hours and locations. It is advisable to check with any museum before planning a visit for current information.
Museum directors are invited to submit brief museum overview videos for possible inclusion in Video Visits. (A contact form is posted on the National Aerial Firefighting Museum concept page of this website.)
Museum directors are invited to submit brief museum overview videos for possible inclusion in Video Visits. (A contact form is posted on the National Aerial Firefighting Museum concept page of this website.)
SOUTH CAROLINAThe American Civil War began here in April 1861. Fort Sumter is an important historic site in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor.
SOUTH DAKOTAThe South Dakota Air & Space Museum at Rapid City.
TEXASCommemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland, TexasMuseum of the American Railroad -- Frisco, Texas
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UTAHDinosaur National Monument, with its amazing natural diorama of dinosaur fossils is the subject of this road trip Video Visit.
A fantastic collection of military aircraft has been amassed at the Hill Aerospace Museum near Ogden, Utah, as seen in this July 2012 video visit.
Antique automobiles in Ogden, Utah at the Browning-Kimball Car Museum.
Utah State Railroad Museum in Ogden showcases rare locomotives.
John M. Browning Firearms Museum, Ogden, Utah.
WASHINGTON, D.C.The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution features icons of air and space, as seen in this May 2012 visit.
WASHINGTON (State)The McChord Air Museum on McChord AFB (Joint Base Lewis-McChord), near Tacoma, Wash., has cultivated a remarkable collection of aircraft significant to the colorful history of the base and the many units that have been associated with it. Begun in 1982, the museum is a Pacific Northwest asset with rare aircraft including a Douglas B-18A, B-23, C-124, F-106A, OA-10A Catalina, and C-141B. (It is always advisable to contact museums before planning a visit.)
The amazing and extensive collection of aircraft in the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington, complements the museum's special events and programs.
Fort Walla Walla Museum has a remarkable collection of vintage wagons, large horse/mule-drawn farm machinery, and artifacts from this important crossroads in Washington history.
Whitman Mission near Walla Walla is the site of historic events and interactions between whites and native Americans on the Oregon Trail.
WYOMINGThe Carbon County Museum in Rawlins, Wyo., highlights the history of this western town.
Douglas, Wyoming's Douglas Railroad Interpretive Center offers a quiet park in which to appreciate railroad icons collected here.
The Wyoming Frontier Prison Museum in Rawlins, Wyo., is filled with the sights and sounds of an old penitentiary of the previous century.
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American Road Trips
Whether you live in the United States or are planning your first visit here, the scenic and historical sites are breathtaking. Herewith, some scenic views. We plan to continually expand this feature.
The terrain in Utah and Arizona in the vicinity of Monument Valley is so spectacular it has been celebrated in art and film for many years.
Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah matches brilliant natural colors with fantastic geological formations.
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Fantastic natural phenomena await the visitor to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, Montana and Idaho.
Zion National Park in Utah features breathtaking terrain views, wildlife of the western United States including desert bighorn sheep, and an array of plant life.
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Vintage Visits
A look back at museums that have changed dramatically since these images were made.
Left click once on image to enlarge it and see its caption.
National Air Museum of the Smithsonian Institution
Before the fabulous National Air and Space Museum opened on the Mall in Washington, D.C., in 1976, a smaller National Air Museum, plus significant displays at other Smithsonian buildings, greeted visitors, as depicted in these wintry Kodachromes from December 1964.
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opinions from museum specialists in your area before undertaking any museum projects.
opinions from museum specialists in your area before undertaking any museum projects.