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- Guide to Cape Town, South Africa April 3, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Hermanus to Cape Town March 28, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Mossel Bay to Cape Agulhas March 27, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Knysna to Wilderness March 26, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Nature’s Valley to Plettenberg Bay March 25, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route, South Africa: Storms River Mouth March 24, 2020
- Guide to the Gardens Route Road Trip, South Africa March 23, 2020
- Guide to Addo Elephant National Park Safari, South Africa March 19, 2020
- Guide to the Panorama Route, South Africa December 3, 2019
- Guide to Safari in Kruger National Park, South Africa November 20, 2019
- 4 Places to Play Pinball in San Diego July 25, 2019
- 6 Incredible Mountain Hikes Under 1 Hour From San Diego July 21, 2019
- Guide to Cabrillo National Monument, San Deigo July 17, 2019
- Find Four Pedestrian Bridges Hidden In San Diego June 30, 2019
- Barrio Logan, San Diego: Chicano Park & Las Cuatro Milpas June 26, 2019
- Binge on the Best Burritos in San Diego June 24, 2019
- Take a Taco Tour in San Diego June 19, 2019
- Tour the Kombucha Breweries of San Diego June 16, 2019
- Tour the San Diego Farmers Markets June 12, 2019
- San Diego’s 5 Peak Challenge Mission Trails Regional Park June 9, 2019
- Number One Attraction in San Diego, CA: Balboa Park June 5, 2019
- Your Guide to Exploring San Diego, California June 2, 2019
- Experience Meow Wolf in Santa Fe, New Mexico May 29, 2019
- Walk the Haiku Path at Santa Fe Community College May 26, 2019
- Drink the Elixir at Kakawa Chocolate House in Santa Fe, NM May 22, 2019
- Hike the Tree Spring Trail in Sandia Mountains, NM May 18, 2019
- Tinkertown Museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 15, 2019
- World’s Largest Rattlesnake in Albuquerque, New Mexico May 12, 2019
- Museums of University of New Mexico in Albuquerque May 5, 2019
- Exploring Petroglyph National Monument Albuquerque, NM May 1, 2019
Tag Archives: museum
Staying in the town of Joshua Tree
When I told a friend I would be staying in the town of Joshua Tree he said, ‘Why? There’s nothing in the town but the park – stay in Palm Springs instead.’ I was nervous about my decision, had I … Continue reading
Posted in California
Tagged ants, art, birding, breakfast, california, crochet, crossroads cafe, culture, desert, desert sculpture, dinner, eat me, farmers market, Fun, joshua tree, joshua tree national park, museum, national park, natural sisters cafe, nature, noah purifoy foundation, palm springs, peach, poodle, rabbit, sculpture, sculpture park, sunflower, travel, world famous crochet museum, yum
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Croatian Sights: Froggyland
Of all the museums to choose from in a city, I insisted on Froggyland [Kralja Tomislava 5, Split, Croatia]. Everyday I would tell my companion after long weary hours of exploration, let’s go to Froggyland and at last – she … Continue reading
Posted in Croatia
Tagged bed of nails, croatia, date night, dead frog circus, dentist, freak show, froggyland, Fun, hostel, museum, night life, odd, split, taxidermy, truant, weird, world record
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Budapest’s Museum of Terror
Diversified modes of media creatively transport you back to a time of cruel regimes and walk you room by room through the years of terror. The Museum of Terror [1062 Budapest, Andrássy út 60] begins during the Nazi regime and … Continue reading
Posted in Hungary
Tagged Budapest, communist, history, Hungary, museum, museum of terror, nazi, regime
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Budapest’s Flipper Museum
It may be called a ‘museum’ though what you’ll find inside is a lot less educational than what the term typically advertises. The Flipper Museum [Budapest, 1137, Radnóti Miklós u. 18, 1137 Hungary] is quite possibly the best arcade I’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Hungary
Tagged apollo 13, arcade, atari, Budapest, flipper museum, history, Hungary, jackpot, museum, pinball, pinball museum, pinball wizard, silver ball, space riders, the who, the who's tommy, tommy
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Best of Oahu Activities: Pearl Harbor Memorial
Top Picks: Pearl Harbor Memorial (Historical, Leeward) If you ask me, no trip to Oahu is complete without a visit to the Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial site (1 Arizona Memorial Place Honolulu, HI 96818). The National Park … Continue reading
Posted in Hawaii, Oahu
Tagged boat ride, bowfin, december 7th, documentary, film, free, hawaii, historical, history, honolulu, infamy, leeward, memorial, military history, museum, national park service, oahu, pearl harbor, pearl harbor memorial, tour, uss arizona, uss bowfin, uss missouri, ww2, wwII
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Museum of Natural History
Have you ever been to the Museum of Natural History in the city? There are so many different museums in Manhattan, but this is certainly one of the most well known and elaborate ones of them all. If you enter … Continue reading
Posted in Manhattan, NYC
Tagged animals, bring the kids, christmas, christmas tree, culture, dinosaurs, fortune teller, holidays, manhattan, mask, mosaic, museum, Museum of Natural History, native american, nuts for nuts, ocean, oragami, pizza, sculpture, shopping, soho, subway, the city, whales, winter
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Roadside Attraction: Dead Frog Circus
For three years I have been making an annual trip to Northampton, MA to holiday shop. For three long years I have been filled with a burning curiosity about a truly bizarre roadside attraction. After three long years, I finally … Continue reading
Posted in Berkshires
Tagged 1927, chatham, circus, dead frog circus, frogs, holyoke, massachusetts, mice, museum, northampton, odd, peculiar, roadside attraction, strange, taxidermy, trapeze, turtles, unique, Wistariahurst, Wistariahurst Musuem
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Gone Cat Crazy in the Catskills: A waterfall, lunch, and the Catamount People’s Museum
I had a great time in the Catskills the other day with a friend meandering about roads watching the leaves change their colors. First stop was Kaaterskill Falls for a worthy little hike. The lower trail begins with Bastion Falls, … Continue reading
Posted in Catskills
Tagged bastion falls, beautiful, cat, Catamount People's Museum, cats, catskill, Catskills, ciabatta, circle w general store, crazy cat lady, feed, Fun, hike, kaaterskill, kaaterskill falls, ktischy, ladybug, lunch, magic, museum, nature, new york, palenville, pesto, roadside attraction, rose, sandwich, sculpture, trails, turkey, vegetarian, waterfall
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Grant’s Cottage
I made a stop at Grant’s Cottage in Wilton and had a walk about the grounds. I started in the gift shop/museum. I looked at the artifacts and read some quotes about Ulysses S. Grant’s last days. A ‘death mask’ … Continue reading
Posted in Saratoga County
Tagged artifact, deer, frog, Fun, grant, history, museum, nature, overlook, red tail hawk, trail, ulysses s grant, wilton
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