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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 75: Radio and Communication Museum

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From Horseback to iPhones: A Journey Through the Vintage Radio and Communications Museum   If you find yourself in Windsor, Connecticut—a town that claims to be the state’s first establishment and is famous for its early witch trials and “Tobacco Valley”—there is a hidden gem you shouldn’t miss: The Vintage Radio and Communications Museum. This […]

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 74: Faneuil Hall

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The Cradle of Paradox: History and Leadership at Faneuil Hall   Faneuil Hall stands in the heart of Boston as a site of profound historical significance, often described as a place where travel, history, and leadership intersect. Known widely as the “Cradle of Liberty,” the building earned its nickname as the “birthing” place of early

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 73: Boston’s Old State House

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The Heartbeat of Revolution: Exploring Boston’s Old State House   Standing amidst the modern skyscrapers of downtown Boston is a building that has witnessed the very birth of American independence: the Old State House. As the oldest public building in Boston and one of the oldest in the nation, it remains a powerful monument to

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 72: Boston’s Liberty Tree

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Roots of Resistance: The Legacy of Boston’s Liberty Tree   If you find yourself at the corner of Washington Street and Essex Street in downtown Boston, you are standing on one of the most significant sites of the American Revolution. While many visitors flock to the typical Freedom Trail stops, there is a quieter, yet

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Travel in Time with Dan Blog Episode 71: The Witch of Stamford

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Beyond Salem: The Badass Grandmother and the Stamford Witch Trials   When most people think of colonial witch hunts, their minds go straight to Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. However, Connecticut was actually the first of the American colonies to execute a person for witchcraft, beginning with Alice Young in 1647—decades before the Salem hysteria. By

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 69: A Fictional Interview with Gladys Burr, Wrongfully Committed Resident of the Mansfield Training School

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Travel in Time with Dan | Mansfield Training School and Hospital, Mansfield, Connecticut ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Gladys Burr was a real person who was wrongfully committed to the Mansfield Training School and Hospital in Mansfield, Connecticut, by her mother, despite not meeting the criteria for commitment. She spent

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 68: A Fictional Interview with Caleb Brewster, Privateer and Culper Spy Ring Operative

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Travel in Time with Dan | Black Rock Harbor, Long Island Sound, Connecticut — the American Revolutionary War ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Caleb Brewster (1747–1827) was a real American naval officer, privateer, and intelligence operative who played a significant role in both the Whaleboat Wars and George Washington’s Culper

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 67: A Fictional Encounter with Deganawida, the Peacemaker, Founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

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Travel in Time with Dan | John Boyd Thacher State Park, Upstate New York ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical encounter. Deganawida… known among the Haudenosaunee as the Peacemaker… is a profoundly sacred figure in the living tradition of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy, whose descendants are alive and whose nations continue

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 66: A Fictional Interview with Benedict Arnold at the Battle of Bemis Heights

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Travel in Time with Dan | Saratoga, New York — October 7, 1777 ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Benedict Arnold (1741–1801) was a real American general whose military career produced some of the most extraordinary acts of battlefield heroism in the Revolutionary War… and whose name became, in the end,

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Travel in Time with Dan — Episode 65: A Fictional Interview with Benjamin Franklin at the Albany Congress

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Travel in Time with Dan | Albany, New York — 1754 ⚠️ Author’s Note: The following is a fictional historical interview. Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) was a printer, inventor, diplomat, philosopher, and one of the most consequential minds in American history. In 1754, he traveled to Albany, New York, as a delegate to the Albany Congress

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