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  • Caulk Like A Professional - Put Away Your Finger

     The history of caulk in America began in 1638 when Finnish settlers built the first log cabins in America along the banks of the Delaware River. They shoved clay and moss into the cracks between logs to keep out the winter cold.Modern caulk is no longer made of clay but of materials such as silicone and acrylics.More

  • How to Build Your Own Backyard Bat Cave

     Wait a minute. You’re going to tell me how to attract bats into my yard? The things that fly in your hair and suck your blood?More

  • Doggin' Kansas City: Where To Hike With Your Dog When In The City Of Fountains

     If Loose Park were a dog, it might be a poodle. The centerpiece of the 80-acre park at Wornall Road and 51st Street donated by Ella Loose in 1929 is an elegant rose garden encircled by classical walkways. The manicured grounds are a far cry from October 22, 1864 when the Battle of Westport - “the Gettysburg of the West” - was fought near here.More

  • Doggin' Denver: Where To Hike With Your Dog When In The Mile High City

     Until 1890 Colorado municipalities labored under a 40-acre limit for town parks. When new laws were passed 320 acres were purchased for City Park, today just two miles from downtown between 17th and 23rd avenues and York Street and Colorado Boulevard. What was once buffalo grass and sagebrush was transformed into open grassy fields and shade trees.More

  • Doggin' Detroit: Where To Hike With Your Dog When In The Motor City

     Landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted knitted a series of individual islands together with a series of lovely bridges to create Belle Isle, the queen of Detroit city parks, in the middle of the Detroit River. Dogs can trot the paths and admire the skylines of downtown Detroit and Windsor, Ontario on the opposite shore. Great freighters and recreational sailboats ply the waters around Belle Isle, reached via Douglas MacArthur Bridge from Jefferson Avenue.More

  • Doggin' Las Vegas: Where To Hike With Your Dog When In Sin City

     Sunset Park at East Sunset Road and S. Eastern Avenue is a traditional urban recreational park with ballfields and playgrounds. While lacking an extensive trail system, there is fresh green grass and shade trees aplenty that will be a welcome sight for any dog visiting Las Vegas.More

  • Doggin' Columbus, Ohio: Where To Hike With Your Dog In Arch City

     When in downtown Columbus dog lovers will want to head for Goodale Park, at Front Street and Goodale Boulevard, for a romp. The 35-acre greenspace, now surrounded by high-rise sentinels, was pastoral open ground when Dr. Lincoln Goodale donated the land in 1850.More

  • Doggin' Dallas: Where To Hike With Your Dog In Big D

     Located about five miles northeast of downtown, construction on White Rock Lake began in 1910 to provide water for a thirsty Dallas. White Rock Lake Park, the municipal park surrounding the lake on Garland Road (Route 78) is mostly the work of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Depression.A complete trip around White Rock Lake on the multi-use trail will cover about 10 miles but dog owners on a time budget will want to head for the dog park at Mockingbird Point.More

  • Doggin' Houston: Where To Hike With Your Dog When In The Bayou City

     It was 1900 when Houston got its first park, the Kellem-Noble land backing against the Buffalo Bayou on the edge of town. Sam Houston Park at Bagby and Lamar streets was soon landscaped into a Victorian delight with an old mill, a stream, a rustic bridge, and walking paths. Since 1954 the park has been the home of The Heritage Society that preserves eight historic structures here in the menacing shadow of surrounding skyscrapers.More

  • Doggin' Los Angeles: Where To Hike With Your Dog When In The City Of Angels

     The seeds of one of the world’s great city parks were sown with the arrival of Colonel Griffith Jenkins Griffith from Wales in 1865 to make a fortune in California gold mines. In 1882 Griffith came to Los Angeles and purchased 4,071 acres of an original Spanish land grant, Rancho Los Felix.In 1896 he gave more than 3,000 acres of California oaks, wild sage and manzanita to the city as a Christmas present - “a place of relaxation and rest for the masses.More