Blog

Get your Tarzan on when group travel leads you to Go Ape! Strap on the harnesses, pulleys, carabiners and pass that safety training to ascend into the treetops! Once your tour group gets over that first jump you’ll enjoy smooth sailing from there on out! If anyone disagrees with heights, they are welcome to explore…

Otherwise known as the “Public Hospital for Persons of Insane and Disordered Minds,” this is clearly not an ordinary museum with dinosaurs and globes. This establishment was the very first of its kind in North America in the 1700s; a treatment asylum for the mentally disturbed and occasionally hostile. Inside the hospital you will find…

Alligator Farm Student groups exploring the wonderful historic St. Augustine area won’t want to miss a visit to the Alligator Farm! What began in the late nineteenth century as a small exhibition of native Florida reptiles ultimately evolved into the quintessential Sunshine State attraction; the Alligator Farm, today, functions as a modern zoo serving the public…

Backbeat Tour Student groups on Blues City getaway may want to enlist the considerable talents of the good, capable folk at Backbeat Tours in providing a unique specialty entertainment excursion with that “personal touch”. Their fantastic outings have been featured time and time again on tv and in the news and treat guests to extraordinary…

Beale Street This fantastic landmark Historic District in downtown Memphis saw its notorious heyday in the roaring 20s in a thriving boom of nightclubs, theaters, restaurants, stores, pawnshops, hot music and all manner of prosecutable vice. Since then, energetic and resilient Beale Street has survived a hurricane of feast, famine, scourge and plague, renovation and…

Fisherman’s Wharf For a pure San Francisco experience, one must visit the Fisherman’s Wharf. Built on the ruined buildings destroyed by the devastating 1906 earthquake, Fisherman’s Wharf was born out of a renewed love of the sea and the traditions surrounding ocean-side living. Many of the iconic boats docked at the wharf belong to the…

Chinatown San Francisco The largest Chinatown outside of Asia and the oldest in the United States, San Francisco’s landmark district was established in 1848, dating back to the original Chinese immigrants who settled in the area. This microcosmic enclave preserves the culture, traditions, languages, and history of the original immigrants and their descendants. Today, Chinatown…

Alcatraz Located 1.5 miles off the coast of California in the San Francisco Bay, the island of Alcatraz is a historical landmark boasting several fascinating qualities. The first lighthouse and U.S. built a fort on the West Coast, Alcatraz was also the site of a military prison and later a famous federal penitentiary. A federal…