Tag: murals
Glasgow: it is a city known for its industrial past and commercial present, to be sure.It is also a city of murals. Overseas visitors often pass the city by …
Derry: its name comes from the Gaelic name for oak, doire. In Gaelic legend, oaks are thought of as doorways or thresholds. So too the city of Derry in …
“You may all go to hell, and I will go to Texas.” With that, frontiersman Davy Crockett harrumphed out of his native Tennessee, got involved with the Texas War …
I love seeing art in the cities I travel through. I was fascinated by the city information panels created by wrought iron in Georgetown, Malaysia. Ghent limits its artists …
Many cities around the world are famous for street art. Berlin embraces it throughout the city, Bristol has the world-famous Banksy putting up new work all the time, and …
Why did the chicken cross the road? Well, what’s more interesting is where the chicken crossed the road. I’ve just finished eating hash browns to die for at Matt’s …
Derry, on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, is known for the walls which surround the city center, imposing masonry walls which have stood since …
Cranmer Courts was once a building full of community, fun, and family but today it is just an empty shell. Like many historic buildings in Christchurch, it is …
Yes, BBQ plus cake, at the Twisted Q BBQ and Bakery in the Village of Homewood, Illinois, near Chicago. And yes, that’s a flat wall with a trompe l’oeil mural …
On a recent trip to Alva, Oklahoma (home to my Tourism Currents business partner Becky McCray) I slammed on the brakes while passing the local farm co-op store downtown. …