Georgia’s Contributions to the US Civil Rights Trail
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.
Museums
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.
The House Where Lee Harvey Oswald Stayed
In a modest house in Irving, Texas, JFK’s assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, lived quietly with his wife and daughter and Ruth Paine. You can visit Paine’s house.
Louisiana’s Home of Tabasco, World’s Favorite Hot Sauce
Avery Island, LA, has been the home to the McIlhenny family’s Tabasco empire since 1868. Today it has a new on-site restaurant called 1868, and a museum.
B.B. King Museum in Indianola, Mississippi
Singing the blues at B.B. King hometown museum By Jackie Sheckler Finch A tractor mishap helped put the career of a renowned bluesman in high gear. If not for the 1946 accident, the world might never have heard of Riley King. Of course, we got to know him as B.B. King. “Because of that accident, […]
Louvre Abu Dhabi: A New Museum for the Arab World
A third Louvre, after the famous museums in Paris and in Northern France, opened in November 017. The Louvre Abu Dhabi will be a museum for the world with treasures from Paris and many other works of priceless art.
Paprika from Extremadura in Spain
Spain’s Extremadura region is famous for Iberico pork and its peppers. These peppers are slowly smoked to create another delightful Spanish spice: paprika.
High-Tech Intrigue, Spy Games in NYC
Spyscape is the newest attraction in New York City’s midtown, where you learn all about spies and become immersed in an interactive game of treachery.
Guinness: Ireland’s Most Popular Tourist Attraction
The Guinness Factory at St James Gate is the most popular tourist attraction in Ireland, not only because the beer is so famous, but the interactive displays and history is very interesting and the tour includes beer samples.
Gulliver’s Gate: An Astounding Miniature World in Times Square
Gulliver’s Gate is Unforgettable By Max Hartshorne GoNOMAD Editor Gulliver’s Gate was an astounding miniature world that you could walk through, located in a former New York Times newsroom in Times Square, New York City. Sadly, this attraction permanently closed in 2021. It’s the world’s largest interactive museum of miniatures in the world, created by […]
Switzerland: Chaplin’s World and The Nest
Two new museums opened in Vevey, Switzerland, and they’re too interesting to be called museums. Chaplin’s World and The Nest, about Nestle Co.
Crystal Bridges, The Great Museum You’ve Never Heard Of
One of America’s most stunning art museums is located in the small town of Bentonville, Arkansas. The Crystal Bridges Museum holds $500 million in artwork.
Norway: Real Vikings at the Authentic Viking Village
Visitors of all ages transport themselves back more than a thousand years in time and learn how to live as in a Viking Village in Gudvangen Norway.