The Nazis surrendered 75 years ago in Reims, home of French kings and the world’s finest Champagne
Reims Cathedral is the heart of the city, the home of French kings and a short distance from where the Nazis surrendered in Word War II.
Eindhoven is electric! A way cool and way underrated Dutch city
Eindhoven offers the best of old and new Europe. Photo courtesy Visit Holland. Some of the best stops in the traveling life are those you don't expect to make. Consider…
Site of epic Band of Brothers Crossroads attack in Holland today
My buddy Dan Sullivan and I went on a major tour of World War II battle sites across Northwestern Europe in April 2018. We made stops in Belgium, Netherlands, France…
Savor Norman flavor at these 5 D-Day invasion beach distilleries
American tourists flock to Normandy for its amazing history, most notably as the site of the World War II allied invasion of Europe on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The Longest Day.…
John Glenn’s birthplace (+killer hot wings!) on The National Road
John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth on this date 57 years ago: Feb. 20, 1962. I visited Glenn's birthplace on a whim this past fall while…
Battle-scarred Verdun: the saddest city in France
“Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades - words, words, but they hold the horror of the world.” - All Quiet on the Western Front Verdun is a small city on…