The elephant in the room on a tour of Budweiser Budvar brewery, home of the original Budweiser, in the Czech Republic

After all, the makers of this beer in the south of the Czech Republic have some awkward history with Americans. More than a century of it, to be precise, centred on an intellectual property battle believed to be the world’s longest-running trademark dispute. A historical photo of coopers at the Budweiser Budvar brewery in Ceske … Read more

A love letter to US Route 50, America’s loneliest highway

The essence of lonely is embodied after peeling off Highway 50 into a dusty parking lot at Middlegate Station, a pit stop in the Nevada desert about an hour from any cities in both directions.  There’s a small wooden building that appears to have been standing for at least 100 years and near the front … Read more