• Behind the Iconic Rock City Gardens

    Are you one of those people who avoids tourist attractions—especially the ones that are heavily hyped? If you drove around the American South between the 1930s and 1960s, you couldn’t avoid the iconic “See Rock City” signs painted on the roofs and sides of regional barns. A young sign painter named Clark Byers was hired…

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  • Why Did I Shoot a Ghost Hunt? At Old Gilchrist County Jail

    From the beginning, when I started shooting video in historic and unusual places at the end of 2024, I’ve occasionally had the experience of returning home to do post-production—only to come across unexplained audio among the recordings. (Extra clips are at the bottom of this post!) Since discovering that there is an audience for this,…

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  • Meeting some amazing Appalachian artists

    Sometimes when I set out to shoot for the channel, I have specific titles, preliminary scripts, and deep research ready to go. But the best stories are often the ones that find you when your original plans fall through. This recent trip to Asheville, North Carolina, was exactly that kind of journey. Initially, I intended…

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  • Hiking at Fort Mountain – Three Mysteries

    If you’re in north GA and you’re looking to hike in a place that has some beautiful views, but also unusual mysteries… look no further. There’s Fort Mountain in Dalton, GA where you can walk the Stone Wall, Stone Tower, and West Overlook Trails Loop. If that sounds like a mouthful, no worries, the entire…

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  • Visit Summerville, GA

    Visit Summerville, GA

    Join us as we travel through Summerville, GA to visit Howard Finster’s mysterious Paradise Garden of outsider art. We’ll also visit one of the few working railroad turntables in the Southeast.

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  • Old Storm on Money Island

    Old Storm on Money Island

    I’ve experienced many storms, including gales and hurricanes along the eastern seaboard and hail-filled thunderstorms with close-to-call tornados in Texas. And once, when I was on a boat crossing Lake Atitlan in Guatemala with a dozen other travelers, a sudden storm blew in with such intensity that we feared our boat might overturn. One storm…

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  • What about these drones?

    What about these drones?

    Like many, I’ve been following these mysterious drone sightings in New Jersey and New York. Disclaimer: I’m not a drone expert. However, last September, I bought a hobbyist drone with a 4K camera to help me get started with my vlogging. Then a week ago, my sister Renee who lives with me, saw some unexplained…

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  • Howard Finster’s Paradise Garden | Summerville, GA

    Just 90 minutes west of Atlanta is Howard Finster’s garden of folk and outsider art.

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  • Goodbye, Adobe?

    Goodbye, Adobe?

    Other options are available when Adobe has just become too expensive.

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