The Red Solo Traveler Podcast

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American history experienced through American travel. The country is the classroom. I go to the place, walk it, and write what the visit felt like. Episodes talk through the same ground.

  1. 5d ago

    The State Reserved the Springs. The Cars Moved Into the Plant.

    New York reserved the springs in 1909. The cars sit in the plant that used to bottle them. Hours, tickets, and whatever is on the ground floor this month live in the written piece. This episode talks through that piece: why a car museum sits inside a state park, what the 1909 reservation was for, and why the bottles left before the Pontiacs and the Mercedes arrived. Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/the-state-reserved-the-springs-the Hotels in Downtown Saratoga Springs Stay on site at the Gideon Putnam Hotel Follow Red Solo Traveler Website: https://www.redsolotraveler.com X: @RedSoloTraveler Instagram: @redsolotraveler YouTube: @redsolotraveler Conversation produced from Louis’s article.

  2. Oct 20

    The Sign Says Heinz. The Fifth Floor Is Why the City Exists.

    People walk into a Strip District ice warehouse looking for ketchup. The name is a senator who died in 1991. The war that made Pittsburgh is upstairs. Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/pouring-out-the-ketchup-at-the-heinz Pittsburgh Things to DoDowntown Pittsburgh HotelsWalk the Burgh Walking Tour Follow Red Solo Traveler Website: https://www.redsolotraveler.com X: @RedSoloTraveler Instagram: @redsolotraveler YouTube: @redsolotraveler Conversation produced from Louis’s article.

  3. Oct 13

    They Put the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown for Doubleday. He Was a Cadet at West Point.

    Baseball was not invented in Cooperstown. The National Baseball Hall of Fame opened there in 1939 on a story Doubleday never told. You go for the plaques on Main Street. Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/soak-in-baseball-history-at-the-baseball Nearby hotels available in Oneonta Stay where I stayed Follow Red Solo Traveler Website: https://www.redsolotraveler.com X: @RedSoloTraveler Instagram: @redsolotraveler YouTube: @redsolotraveler Conversation produced from Louis’s article.

  4. Oct 6

    You Walk Downtown Pittsburgh for the Architecture. A Hospital Fills the Steel Tower.

    Pittsburgh still sells the Steel City. The tallest tower was built to rust. A hospital fills the floors. The walk is two hours from a white bike on Penn Avenue to Market Square. Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/well-i-was-walking-in-pittsburgh Book your own Walk The Burgh tour! Other Pittsburgh Things to Do! Stay in the City! Follow Red Solo Traveler Website: https://www.redsolotraveler.com X: @RedSoloTraveler Instagram: @redsolotraveler YouTube: @redsolotraveler Conversation produced from Louis’s article.

  5. Sep 29

    They Asked Eisenhower to Run on This Ridge. The Tower Is Still There.

    A cocktail family’s castle on the Metacomet Ridge. A 1950 newspaper picnic. The lawn where they asked Eisenhower to run. Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/what-makes-talcott-mountain-state-park-unique Book your stay near the tower and state park! Follow Red Solo Traveler Website: https://www.redsolotraveler.com X: @RedSoloTraveler Instagram: @redsolotraveler YouTube: @redsolotraveler Conversation produced from Louis’s article.

  6. Sep 22

    They Put the Rock Hall in Cleveland for a Radio Night. The Pyramid Opened Nine Years Later

    The Hall of Fame started as a New York dinner. Cleveland won the building because Alan Freed said “rock and roll” on WJW and the city would not let the museum leave. The pyramid opened nine years after the vote. The dinner still travels. Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/keep-on-rockin-at-the-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame Book your visit to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Book your stay a few blocks away at the Hyatt Regency Cleveland at the Arcade Follow Red Solo Traveler Website: https://www.redsolotraveler.com X: @RedSoloTraveler Instagram: @redsolotraveler YouTube: @redsolotraveler Conversation produced from Louis’s article.

  7. Sep 11

    The Two Voids Where the Towers Stood

    Two pools sit in the footprints of the Twin Towers. 2,983 names run the bronze. The plaza is free. The museum is seventy feet down. Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/the-two-voids-where-the-towers-stood There are numerous options for tickets if you're interested in visiting. If you purchase through any of the links below, I receive a small commission: 9/11 Memorial & Museum Timed Ticket with Tour Options9/11 Memorial Official Guided Tour9/11 Memorial Tour with Museum and One World Entry Options Follow Red Solo Traveler Website: https://www.redsolotraveler.com X: @RedSoloTraveler Instagram: @redsolotraveler YouTube: @redsolotraveler Conversation produced from Louis’s article.

  8. Sep 7

    Washington Was Eighteen Minutes Away. They Put the Plane in a Field.

    United 93 left Newark late. The passengers learned the other planes were weapons. Eighteen minutes from Washington, the 757 went into a Somerset County field that is still their grave. Read the article: https://www.redsolotraveler.com/p/shanksvilles-memorial-an-unlikely-9-11-landmark Follow Red Solo Traveler Website: https://www.redsolotraveler.com X: @RedSoloTraveler Instagram: @redsolotraveler YouTube: @redsolotraveler Conversation produced from Louis’s article.

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American history experienced through American travel. The country is the classroom. I go to the place, walk it, and write what the visit felt like. Episodes talk through the same ground.

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  • Creator
    Red Solo Traveler
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    24
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright Red Solo Traveler
  • Show Website
    The Red Solo Traveler Podcast