We love museums, and on every trip, we make sure to visit one or two to add some historical dimensions to our travels. Whether it’s a tiny one-room repository of local history or the dramatic sweep of a Guggenheim or Louvre, we encourage all of our readers to visit museums whenever they travel.
Childhood Memories Savored at Lunchbox Museum By Jackie Sheckler Finch Like a little girl on her first day of school, Shelby Guest picked up the Twiggy lunchbox and hugged it as though it still contained some delicious childhood goodies. “I had one just like this when I was a kid,” she said. “This brings back […]
National Geographic’s new Virtual Reality Theater in Washington DC will bring the brand’s 130 years of travel photography to a realistic experience.
Santa Fe: It’s for more than chile lovers. A tour of some of the up-and-coming restaurants, food purveyors, cafes and museums that make the city so popular.
Visiting writer Edith Wharton’s estate, The Mount, in Lenox MA provides a fascinating glimpse into the world of this esteemed novelist and humanitarian.
Loads of Heritage to Behold at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia By Brian Gage The National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, PA is the place to go if you’re looking to learn all about how the United States government came to be through a variety of interesting and engaging activities designed for visitors of all ages. […]
The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem Massachusetts has a world-class collection of art, historic artifacts and lots of room for activities and to enjoy the art
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View CA, is committed to the preservation and presentation of the artifacts and stories of the Information Age.
A Sleepy West Texas Town? Or a lot More? By Susan McKee Surprises greeted me at every turn in Lubbock, Texas. I’d expected to find a sleepy West Texas town, perhaps with tumbleweed rolling down the streets — and found instead an historic icon of rock ‘n’ roll, a prairie dog village, an explanation of […]
By Taylor Owens Florence, Italy is home to several different attractions that draw the eyes of tourists everywhere. The Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore (the Duomo Florence), the Uffizi Gallery, and the Galleria dell’Accademia, for example. On one of the first days I spent in Italy, my group and I got up early to […]
Ultimate Dinosaurs, Being Human and Racing a Cheetah among the Summer’s highlights By Brian Gage If you’re looking to “amaze your brain” this summer, look no further than the internationally acclaimed Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, Texas. A Michelin Green Guide Three-Star destination, the Perot Museum is the top cultural attraction in […]
The addition of Georgia to the US Civil Rights Trail has added eleven important sites that help tell the story of the Civil Rights Movement in the US.
House Where Lee Harvey Oswald Spent Night Before JFK Assassination is Now Museum By Jackie Sheckler Finch Heading off to work, the 24-year-old tucked a brown-paper-wrapped cylindrical package into the back of his ride. Curtain rods for his Dallas apartment, he told the driver. Before he left the bedroom he shared with his wife Marina […]
