Experiences

Other than amazing destinations, the experiences of the travel can be just as important and eventful as the destination. Based on your interest, here’s my suggestions for both music and USA History:

Music History (listed by city)

• • Amtrak – Jazz, Blues & Rock-n-Roll (Chicago-Memphis-New Orleans)
  • Austin – Austin City Limits Music Festival (October),  SXSW (March), Texas Music Museum
  • Cleveland – Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame
  • Detroit – Motown Museum, Detroit Historical Museum
  • Memphis – Sun Studios, Blues Hall of Fame Museum, Memphis Music Hall of Fame, Memphis Rock-n-Soul Museum, Stax Museum of American Soul Music
  • Nashville – Country Music Hall of Fame, Glen Campbell Museum, George Jones Museum, Johnny Cash Museum, Musician’s Hall of Fame, Patsy Cline Museum, Willie Nelson Museum, RCA Studio B Tour, Ryman Auditorium Tour
  • New Orleans – New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (April/May), New Orleans Jazz Museum

Train History (listed by city and/or Harvey Houses)

• • Belen Harvey House (Belen, NM)
  • Bright Angel Lodge (Grand Canyon, AZ)
  • Casa del Desierto (Barstow, CA)
  • Castaneda (Las Vegas, NM)
  • El Garces (Needles, CA)
  • El Tovar Hotel (Grand Canyon, AZ)
  • El Vaquero, now Santa Fe Depot (Dodge City, KS)
  • Fray Marcos Hotel (Williams, AZ)
  • Furnace Creek Inn & Ranch (Death Valley, CA)
  • Harvey House Museum (Florence, KS)
  • Harvey House Restaurant Union Station (Los Angeles, CA) – CLOSED
  • Le Fonda (Sante Fe, NM)
  • La Posada (Winslow, AZ)
  • Slaton Harvey House (Salmon, TX)

WWII History (listed by project)

Manhattan Project

• • Hanford, WA, Hanford Reach National Monument, Vernita Safety Rest Area, Bruggemann Ranch, B Reactor, Allard Pumphouse, Saddle Mountain, White Bluffs Ferry Landing, White Bluffs Bank, White Bluffs Overlook, Hanford High School Overlook, Hanford High School, T Plant, LIGO Hanford Observatory, Camp Columbia, 300 Area Fuel Fabrication Site, USS Triton Sail Park, Leslie Groves Park, Gold Coast Historic District, Richland Laundry
  • Las Vegas, NV – National Atomic Testing Museum, Nevada National Security Site Tours
  • Los Alamos, NM – Behind the Fence Tour
  • Oak Ridge, TN – Visitor’s Center, American Museum of Science & Energy, K-25, X-10 & Y-12 Bus Tours, K-25 History Center, Oak Ridge History Museum
  • Alamogordo, NM – Trinity Site Open House

Japanese Interment Camps

• • Gila River, AZ (no pilgrimage)
  • Granada, CO – Amanche Pilgrimage in May
  • Heart Mountain, WY – Pilgrimage in July
  • Jerome/Rohwer, AR- Pilgrimage in May
  • Manzanar, CA – Pilgrimage in April
  • Minidoka, ID – Pilgrimage in July
  • Poston/Parker, AZ – Pilgrimage in October
  • Topaz, UT, Museum only
  • Tule Lake, CA – Pilgrimage in July

Japan

• • Hiroshima, Japan – Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
  • Nagasaki, Japan – National Peace Memorial Hall

WWII Museums

• • New Orleans – National WWII Museum
  • San Diego – USS Midway Museum
  • Washington DC – US Holocaust Memorial & Museum

US History

• • Washington DC – Arlington National Cemetery, FDR Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial, Washington Monument, White House
  • Philadelphia – Independence Hall, Liberty Bell Center, Museum of the American Revolution, National Constitution Center, National Liberty Museum