It’s the middle of winter and raining and instead of nursing a coffee, we’re heading to the Boston Tea Party Museum. The Boston Tea Party Museum and Tea Ships commemorates the rebellion between the colonists and the British over extra taxes being placed on bales of tea, which kick-started the American War of Independence. What was basically an ambush where the...
Follow in the footsteps of the greats and make the Florence Cathedral Duomo climb your first stop when visiting Florence. Situated in the heart of the Pizza del Duomo, this is a historic centerpiece of the Catholic faith – from a time of indulgences and wealthy commissions from the city’s patrons as an egotistical way to seek forgiveness and immortality. The...
If you want a taste of what going to a baseball game was like one hundred years ago, step up to the plate and step back in time at the Fenway Park tour. A Fenway Park tour is one of those must-do experiences if you want to get a true taste of what Boston is like. Old bars ooze the stench of stale beer but at America’s oldest stadium, it’s the freshly popped kernels...
What you should know before you go from Mexico City to Teotihuacan. It’s a name you probably won’t get right no matter how many times you try. But it’s not just the name you’ll struggle with. Everything you think you know about Teotihuacan is wrong. The site isn’t Mayan. The ruins aren’t Inca. They aren’t even Aztec. They aren’t Pyramids; they are temples. You’ll...
The Eastern State Penitentiary Tour takes you back over 50 years to Philly’s darker times. We’ve been to plenty of prison destinations on our travels. Auschwitz, Dachau, Sachsenhausen, Colditz, Kilmainham, and the old Melbourne Gaol to name a few, but the Eastern State Penitentiary tour takes you through one of the best-preserved and impressive for both its...
St Canice’s Cathedral is the birthplace of modern Kilkenny. St. Canice’s Church has a round tower that rises above downtown Kilkenny. St Canice’s Cathedral, also known as Kilkenny Cathedral dates back to the 13th century and is built on the site of a monastery dedicated to St Canice that stood in the 6th century. The English gothic architecture is from...
Ancient water mills, castles, and abbeys are part of the magic of an Irish road trip – especially when you get the whole experience in one town – Kells Ireland. We had always wanted to make it to Kells but it was one of those places that were “almost close enough to Kilkenny to make it” and “no way, that’s going to take us an hour in the wrong direction”...
Bunratty Castle brings together an open-air museum, a medieval castle, and a banquet to create one of Ireland’s top three attractions. There are few places where the past and present come together as abruptly as at Bunratty (translated to mean the castle at the mouth of the Ratty River). Since 1425, this township has been watched over by the six-story ancient stone...
Den Gamle By Aarhus Old Town Museum is Denmark’s largest and most impressive open-air museum, with over 75 buildings dating back to the 1550s. Visiting Den Gamle By in Aarhus is like stepping back into a Danish renaissance village. Open Air Museums like Den Gamle By in Aarhus give you the opportunity to feel what it’s like to go back in time. The museum...
For those seeking a little solace in the city that never sleeps, you can’t look past Roosevelt Island. Not Quite an Island Getaway For the last 150 years, Roosevelt Island has been a dumping ground for the sick, the mentally ill, and the criminally minded. From the 1830s, it was the home of the New York City Lunatic Asylum, a prison that housed notable historic...