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Author Archives: Brian D. Butler
Scotland by the book
I am fortunate to have spent quite a bit of quality time visiting Scotland over the years and hope to return in the not too distant future. When I do, the new free app Scotland by-the-Book from Birlinn Publishers should be … Continue reading
Posted in apps, Art, Books, Europe, History, Maps, Museums, Tourism, Travel Writing
Tagged Scottish culture, Scottish Highlands, Visit Scotland
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A river of Portuguese red
While I was in Portugal earlier this month, I read a local news story about a tragic loss of thousands of liters of red wine due to a storage tank collapse. And in an odd coincidence, I just spotted a … Continue reading
Seeing London for Free
Starting today, visitors to London will be able to book free tickets for the new viewing gallery called Horizon 22, which gets its name from the unique view of the London horizon that you’ll get to see from the skycraper … Continue reading
Florida ! Love it or hate it
Florida is one of those places that you never really know unless you’ve lived there. Having spent the better part of my twenties in the Sunshine State, and having resided in both South and North Florida, I feel that my … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Books, Maps, Photography, Travel Writing, USA
Tagged alligators, book illustration, key lime pie, sharks, Walt Disney
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Starting with Common Sense
Books That Shaped America is a new 10-part series – a joint original feature production from C-SPAN and the Library of Congress – will trace America’s history by examining masterpieces in literature that have had, and still have today, a major … Continue reading
Posted in Books, History, Libraries, USA, Writing
Tagged Cesar Chavez, Frederick Douglass, Mark Twain, Zora Neale Hurston
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year
It is that time of year again when the leaves in the northern hemisphere change colors. As it does each Autumn, SmokyMountains.com has published their best guess as to when the leaves will be changing in various parts of the … Continue reading
Streets of Europe
During my internet wanders, I stumbled upon a mesmerizing series of data visualization videos on the streets of European capitals. The videos were created by Anders Sundell who teaches data visualization at the University of Gothenberg. Here’s how he describes … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Europe, Maps, Tech, Tourism
Tagged Berlin, Cartography, Data Visualization, Madrid, Mapping, Paris, Rome
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Great Art Cities
I recently discovered a YouTube channel created by gallerists James Payne and Joanne Shurvell that focuses on lesser known art museums in European cities that are often overlooked by visitors. Their art and travel series, Great Art Cities Explained, concentrates on … Continue reading
Exercise for Bibliophiles
Dave Coverly
Travel Between The Pages 