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Brian Jewell
Brian is the CEO & Executive Editor of The Group Travel Leader Inc. During more than two decades, his career in travel journalism has taken him to 48 U.S. states and dozens of foreign countries.
Kansas City's Power and Light Discrict lights up the city's downtown shops and variety of attractions for groups.
Courtesy City of Independence From the back of Ralph Goldsmith’s mule-drawn wagon, you see the town of Independence in a whole new way. Situated just east of Kansas City, Independence is known as the beginning of the frontier trail system and later the hometown of Harry Truman. Goldsmith, owner of Pioneer Trails Adventures, points out […]
The childhood home of one of the country's most influential writers has become an iconic image of the U.S.
Branson evolves with the best of them with new acts and attractions.
Photo courtesy Montgomery CVB Looking at a museum exhibit is one thing, but hearing a personal story about the civil rights movement from someone who participated in it is something else entirely. During the 1960s, active civil rights supporters were nicknamed Foot Soldiers, and today visitors to the state can meet with some of these […]
Alabama's Civil Rights Trail depicts heroism and hope.
On a Friday morning, the air around Manassas is soft and quiet. Dew drops shimmer on the green rolling hills outside of town, and all is peaceful. But it was not always so. In July of 1861, young and inexperienced troops from the Union and Confederate armies met for the first time on the […]
The National Museum of the Marine Corps is one of those places that gives you chills. Located in Quantico near a major Marine base, this museum opened in 2006 and has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in Northern Virginia, drawing some 500,000 visitors annually. Walking through the place today, I understood why […]
I’ve always thought that the National Parks Service was one of the greatest ideas to come out of America (you know, besides ‘All men are created equal,’ ‘I have a dream,’ ‘Tear down this wall,’ and all of the other inspirational stuff). But during my daylong visit to the National Mall in Washington, I decided […]
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