Exploration Stories

Not a typical show weekend, Art Fair on the Square in Belleville, IL, stands proudly as one of the best in the country. But it's one of our favorites for reasons that go beyond sales and [...]

To many, East St. Louis is synonymous with the likes of Detroit, Michigan, and Gary, Indiana. Often the butt of a joke, these midwestern blue-collar cities have reputations that precede [...]

In the vast reaches of rural America lie boarded, abandoned farmsteads and homes - more than one could possibly imagine. How did they get this way? Why are we actively seeking them out?

Did you know there truly is an Enchanted Highway? I like to think that, metaphorically, the highway we travel to escape our ho hum, day-to-day life is enchanted, but there is only one truly by [...]

Being the Americana adventure-seekers we are, we are always looking for a new cross-country road trip full of exploration opportunities. Throw a long full moon weekend into the mix and you'd [...]

The history of the Unicorn, Sydney Hih's famous basement club, is storied and well-documented for people that had an ear to the underground in Milwaukee. Between the artists, musicians, and [...]

The winter always brings out the best in night photography. The skies are a royal shade of blue and the air is clear, crisp and devoid of the soupy humidity typical to a Wisconsin summer. [...]

Now that you know a little more about night photography and light-painting, we'd love to take you on a little journey by recounting one of our absolute favorite night photography excursions: [...]

It's been pretty quiet on the Fading Nostalgia front, we admit. Getting back into the day-job life after our Route 66 trip was hectic to say the least. But this weekend, we're taking yet [...]

We stopped inside the Cactus Inn office the next morning to drop off the key and thoroughly enjoyed chatting again with Peggy for a little while! Just like old friends, we traded stories about [...]