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Travel Articles
- Mütter Museum :: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- When most people think of going to a museum, they typically have visions of grand paintings, ancient Egyptian artifacts, or perhaps a celebrity wax figure or two. Rarely do they imagine encountering a preserved nine foot long two foot in diameter human colon, a mysterious deceased woman composed of adipocere, and the skeleton of [...]
- Nijō Castle :: Kyoto, Japan
- The lavishly decorated Nijō Castle is a wonderful example of Japanese Momoyama architecture and was a symbol of the power and authority of the Tokugawa shogunate. It was built in 1603 as the official residence of the first Tokugawa Shogun Ieyasu and enlargement was completed in 1626 by the third Shogun Iemitsu. An [...]
- Jungle Island :: Miami, Florida
- Situated on Watson Island in Miami, right between Miami Beach and Downtown Miami, is a wonderful interactive theme park that teaches about and features an amazing array of animals. Jungle Island is home to a variety of birds, mammals, primates, reptiles and fish and features some very unique animals like Ligers. [...]
- Bahia Honda State Park :: Florida Keys
- Talk about a bang for the buck, Bahia Honda State Park is that and much more! Bahia Honda is located in the southwestern end of the keys, at mile marker 36. Enjoy the wonders of this uninhabited paradise which offers island life only 60 minutes from Miami. You get there by taking U.S. 1 [...]
- Banská Štiavnica :: Slovakia
- Deep in the heart of central Slovakia is a completely preserved medieval town built upon the collapsed caldera of an ancient volcano. With a population of about 10,000, this small town is steeped in history and culture and was added to UNESCO’s World Heritage list in 1993. The history of Banská Štiavnica is [...]
- Florida Strawberry Festival :: Plant City, Florida
- Every spring Plant City, Florida rolls out the red carpet for guests near and far to enjoy the exhibits of agriculture, commerce, horticulture and more at the Florida Strawberry Festival. The festival lasts nearly two weeks and was started in 1930 by the local Lions Club to help promote the local strawberry crop. [...]
- Library Hotel :: Manhattan, New York
- Just east of Madison Avenue on 41st Street sits the Library Hotel, a unique 60 room boutique hotel that has given each of its ten floors a different unique theme based on the Dewey Decimal Classification system. For example, the 5th floor is based on the 500s, Math & Science, with rooms such as [...]
- PortAventura Resort & Parks :: Spain
- Located one hour south of bustling Barcelona is PortAventura, a theme park and resort that is among the largest in Europe. The park was originally built as a joint effort by the Tussauds group, Anheuser-Busch and Universal Studios and is currently owned and operated by Criteria with the original three no longer holding a [...]
- Tenement Museum :: Manhattan, New York
- The United States of America is a hodgepodge, a mishmash, a melting pot of cultures, religions, ethnicities, and ancestry. The vast majority of its citizens hail from countries far from its promising shores. Often times, these families came here with little more than the clothes on their backs and the dream of a [...]
- Malbork Castle :: Poland
- Sitting on the bed of the Wisla River in Poland is a classic example of medieval fortresses and the worlds largest brick gothic castle, Malbork Castle. Originally founded in 1274 by the Teutonic Order, a German Roman Catholic religious order, the castle was expanded upon several times to host the growing number of knights [...]
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