April is National Poetry Month and one fun way of planning your trip is to travel in the footsteps of a famous poet! Back in 2004 the Academy of American Poets identified 31 landmarks dedicated to poets and their work. Among them are birthplaces, museums, libraries and places of poetic inspiration. WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892). - American Poet. Whitman's House At 328 Mickle Street In Camden, . . . more »

You can go by the calendar and declare that spring arrives on March 20th. Or you can see the wildflowers popping up alongside the roads and covering the hillsides with purple and yellow, and know the truth is in the bloom; spring is already here! The season of wildflowers starts in early spring in the deserts of California and works its way north. The soil . . . more »