Tag: museum
I’m flattered when people ask me for travel advice – “I’m going to so-and-so place for the first time; what should I see?” – but often as not, they …
It's no secret that I love chocolate, and I've had the pleasure of visiting two different chocolate museums throughout my travels - Chocoversum in Hamburg and The Chocolaterium in …
I had no idea the Highland Folk Museum even existed before my Highland Fling tour with Haggis Adventures stopped there on the last day of the tour. I'd been …
Remember when all you cared about was how much fun you were going to have that day? You can relive those days again at the Strong Museum of Play …
In the mid 1400s, Johannes Gutenberg invented a specific type of printing press that would play a major role in the world’s trajectory. Without the printing press, mass messages …
Any museum that wants to preserve and showcase popular culture is going to find that different generations respond to different pop culture memories. It matters how old you were …
Officially, it’s the Waste Pro Garbage Truck Museum. Unofficially, it’s a chance to take in some vehicular history the average public has only a passing acquaintance with. Sure, the …
For centuries men and women have been exploring, working, and even living underwater. These are some of their stories. Panhandle Florida is a little lighter on the weird stuff than …
It’s not every day a stuffed alligator hangs above your head. Welcome to the Lightner Museum, the self-described ‘Smithsonian of the South’. While researching my next book, What The Florida, …
“It must be amazing to come to work every day and be surrounded by such beautiful things,” I said to one of the security guards at the Morse …
“You’re going to drive all the way to San Antonio to make a salad?!” My daughter knows that I’m not into cooking at all, so this was a …
Gerald R Ford has the distinction of being the only person to have served as both President and Vice-President of the USA without being elected to either office. He …