“You’ll never see the Detroit River the same way.” Experience world-class hydroplane boat racing in the heart of the city, with top speeds of 200 miles per hour. Sit back with a beer in the grandstands, and get an up-close view of one of the most heart-thumping annual Detroit events.

Channel: People

Watched 494 times.

Tags: Chrysler | Jeep | Superstores | Detroit | APBA | Gold | Cup | Race | Offshore | Vintage | Hydroplanes | River | Boats | fast | racing | speed | DRRA | Regatta | ABRA | American Boat

Entering Greenfield Village is like stepping into an 80-acre time machine. It takes you back to the sights, sounds and sensations of America’s past. There are 83 authentic, historic structures, from Noah Webster’s home, where he wrote the first American dictionary, to Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park laboratory, to the courthouse where Abraham Lincoln practiced law. The buildings and the things to see are only the beginning. There’s the fun stuff, too. In Greenfield Village, you can ride in a genuine Model T or “pull” glass with world-class artisans; you can watch 1867 baseball or ride a train with a 19th-century steam engine. It’s a place where you can choose your lunch from an 1850s menu or spend a quiet moment pondering the home and workshop where the Wright brothers invented the airplane. Greenfield Village is a celebration of people — people whose unbridled optimism came to define modern-day America.

Channel: People

Watched 1225 times.

Tags: Greenfield | Village | Henry | Ford | Museum | Americas | Greatest | History | Collection | Exhibits | Abraham | Lincoln | Thomas | Edison | Menlo | Park | Detroit | DMCVB

Discovery News' Jorge Ribas meets Alex the Aldabra Giant Tortoise, a resident of the Smithsonian's National Zoo's since 1956.

Channel: Animals

Watched 4460 times.

Tags: Aldabra | Giant | Tortoise | Smithsonian | National | Zoo | reptile | turtle | cute | animal | funny | cool | weird | Discovery | News | Jorge | Ribas

Here's some fun while I rest my voice. I hope you find these comments as funny as I do when I get em. Most don't know this, but I delete approximately 5 or less comments per 300 comments. Enjoy and keep laughing and REMEMBER - he who spits at the wind soils HIMSELF! Love MaryAnne p.s. the 'imrpove' typo is from the original commenter. Don't be hatin! song is the great Come Baby Come by K7 SUCKA FREE!!!

Channel: People

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Tags: ysabellabrave | maryanne | deleting | comments | constructive | criticism | improve | singing | funny | SUCKA | FREE