It was operations like the Anaconda Copper Mining Company that supplanted the hard rock copper mines that we visited in Houghton and Calumet on the Keweenaw Peninsula last September. Like in the Keweenaw area, immigrants worked the mines and created a vibrant multi-ethnic community. We learned about the mining around Anaconda MT from Aerial America and recognized the iconic 585 foot smelter stack when we stopped at the rest area nearby.
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
Ever since its debut on Broadway the two of us have wanted to see “Wicked the Musical”. Today we realized that dream. In the Apollo Victoria Theater in London’s West End we were witness to the incredible prequel to The Wizard of Oz, the story of the Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
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