Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer
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Journeys of Discovery: U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii and Schofield Barrack's Tropic Lightning Museum
The U.S. Army Museum of Hawaii is located at Battery Randolph, a former coastal artillery fortification in the heart of Waikiki. At Schofield Barracks , an active military base north of Pearl Harbor, Tropic Lightning Museum showcases the 25th Infantry
Journeys of Discovery: Exploring Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural legacy at Taliesin
Join Erik Flesch at Taliesin , Frank Lloyd Wright’s ancestral home and school of architecture in Spring Green, Wisconsin . Flesch offers an insider’s perspective on Wright’s life, philosophy and seminal works that transformed American architecture.
Journeys of Discovery: Savoring Kansas City's premier BBQ joints
Kansas City style, hickory smoked barbeque is the stuff of legend. Down home fare includes white bread, beans, onion rings, fries, and the local delicacy Burnt ends. The incredibly delectable burnt ends could easily make a meat eater out of an ardent
Journeys of Discovery: Exploring Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins Museum
Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri . The Nelson-Atkins maintains more than 35,000 works of art, and houses one of America’s premier collections of Asian Art. Join Kathleen Leighton,
Journeys of Discovery: Fort Hunter Liggett’s unsung heroes
In honor of Veterans Day, correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from Fort Hunter Liggett in Monterey County. Garrison Commander Charles Bell and Garrison HHC 1SG Clinton Unger share their passions and insights for the United States Army Reserve’s active duty
Journeys of Discovery: Exploring Rugby, Tennessee’s utopian village and British Fort Loudoun
Rugby , Tennessee was founded in a remote corner of the Upper Cumberland region as a utopian community in 1880 by noted English author Thomas Hughes. More than four hundred settlers built Gothic-style homes, but by the beginning of the 20 th Century the
Journeys of Discovery: PBS affiliate WCTE--lifeline in Tennessee's Upper Cumberland Region
Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Becky Magura, CEO of PBS affiliate WCTE in the Appalachian town of Cookeville in central Tennessee. WCTE serves one of America’s most rural realms where more than 30 percent of the 343,000 residents in the 14 county
Journeys of Discovery: Former CIA spy reflects on his career
Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with retired CIA operative H.K. Roy about his new book, American Spy . Roy’s 14-year career includes pursuing Russian spies, outwitting the Iranian Intelligence Service, hunting Bosnian war criminals, ducking Serbian
Journeys of Discovery: Dave Congalton reflects on 28 years at KVEC
Join correspondent Tom Wilmer for a conversation with David Congalton about his 28-year journey as a conduit for conversations about life on the California Central Coast as the Home Town talk show host on radio station KVEC.
Journeys of Discovery: Al Capone, Lucky Luciano and major league baseball in Hot Springs
Correspondent Tom Wilmer explores a long vanished era in Hot Springs , Arkansas when mobsters such as Al Capone, Lucky Luciano, Bugsy Siegel and their cohorts selected Hot Springs as their annual go-to vacation spot.