Indiana-based writer who specializes in B2C health and nutrition, English education (literature, grammar), and travel (hotels, road trips). Articles, e-books, white papers, and lesson plans.
What Are Tiger Nuts—and Should You Be Eating Them?
Tiger nuts are not nuts, but tubers with a lightly sweet, nutty flavor with nutrients and health benefits. Here's what you need to know.
7 Best Mocktails You Can Buy—I Know Because I Tried Them All
A roundup of my favorite hand-picked mocktails after my first Sober October.
Serotonin FTW: How to Boost Your Happy Hormone
Your happiness is influenced by a whole mess of factors. Brain chemicals and hormones make a big difference. Take serotonin, for instance. This tiny chemical is a whole mood.
Serotonin is a neurotransmitter found ...
What’s L-Carnitine, and Does It Live Up to the Hype?
Rumor has it L-carnitine is a fat-burning, brain-boosting, performance-enhancing machine of a supplement.
But is it all it’s cracked up to be? Here are the details on L-carnitine.
How I fell in love with Google Street View
When I am homesick, I take a walk down the streets on my screen...
Get a taste of Appalachia with 24 hours in Charleston, West Virginia
When you only have 24 hours in the Mountain State’s capital, here’s how to pack in the sights and sounds while still enjoying West Virginia’s relaxed pace.
You will likely arrive in Charle...
7 Relaxing Trips to Book on National Plan for Vacation Day
On National Plan for Vacation Day, travel lovers across the U.S. pick up their calendars and plot out their vacation days for the year.
Astrotourists love these Dark Sky Communities for urban stargazing
In 2001, the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) began the International Dark Sky Places (IDSP) Program, designating communities, parks and protected areas around the world that are actively working to decrease light pollution and preserve night sky visibility. While there are 120 rural or exurban parks, reserves, and sanctuaries worldwide that have earned IDA recognition, there are also select Dark Sky Communities (DSC) that qualify thanks to stringent tests measuring outdoor light poll...
5 Stellar Destinations for Stargazing in the Northeast
Winter nights are long, with twinkling lights on icicle-festooned houses beckoning us to slow down and look. And then, of course, there are the stars.
Jesus welcomes you to Dinosaur Gardens, where science and religion have playfully coexisted for 85 years
Hundreds of miles from the nearest dinosaur fossil dig, on a lakeshore that teemed with invertebrates during the Devonian Period, a forest of dinosaurs stands frozen in time.
10 Trains to Catch for Polar Express Magic This Holiday Season
Pining for a holly, jolly Christmas journey straight out of a movie? Climb aboard!
Do Career Tests Actually Work? I Tried 5 of Them to Find Out
It’s impossible to make it through a modern school system without confronting a barrage of assessments, career quizzes included. But are career tests actually worth our time?
Stargazing, sunken forests, and ‘Shipwreck Alley’: Alpena, Michigan is a haven for nature lovers
Michigan is hemmed in by water on three sides. Along the western shoreline, beach towns across Lake Michigan from Chicago teem with dune hikers, stand-up paddle boarders, and oenophiles sipping their way toward the grapevine-twined peninsulas of Traverse City. It’s no wonder a gem like Alpena can hide in plain sight on the other side of the state. But this tiny town tucked into northeast Michigan’s Thunder Bay packs a big punch.
What to see and do in Bulgaria's biggest national park
But while it's already pulling in visitors to its Black Sea beaches, its competitively priced ski resorts and its historic city of Plovdiv, the country still has many treasures waiting to be discovered.
A drive south from capital Sofia, the park is home to a world of wonders ranging from a gilded Orthodox church that rivals Italian cathedrals to steep green ridges reminiscent of Northern Europe.
Read on for our top picks of what to see and do in Rila.
It doesn't take long for tourists fresh o...
11 Books to Read Around the Campfire this Fall
If you didn’t get a chance to gather around the campfire and trade spooky stories this Halloween, it’s not too late to jump in on the fall magic! In parts of the country, leaves still cling to the trees and our frosty breath—a promise of snow days to come—gives us the chance to hang onto autumn traditions a little longer.
We think fall is the perfect time to slow down and snuggle up before the festivities of Christmas are in full force. And what better way to welcome long, quiet nights and wa...