Category Archives: History

Free Museums

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Thanks to the generous folks at the wonderful Smithsonian Magazine hundreds of the best museums across the United States will offer free admission this Saturday (9/28). The 9th Annual Museum Day Live ! event covers more than 1,400 museums and … Continue reading →

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Souvenir Nation

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Travelers have been picking-up mementos of their trips since the first tourist hit the road. Now that universal tendency is the focus of a new exhibition by Washington D.C.’s National Museum of American History. “Souvenir Nation”, at the fantastical Smithsonian … Continue reading →

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Apple Tours

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

If you are a genuine Apple fanatic, Cheaptickets.com’s self-directed Pilgrimage tour will allow you to follow in the footsteps of the late Steve Jobs. The full-on Apple Tour offers a scenic and historic route around California starting in San Francisco … Continue reading →

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Rhodes – The Island of the Knights

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Today’s guest post is an excerpt from the new travel book “Rhodes —The Island of the Knights” by Richard Clark. Rhodes – The Island of the Knights With a fair wind, the island of Rhodes is but half a day’s … Continue reading →

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We’re All Urbanites Now

Posted on July 21, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

There are lots of travel magazines devoted to individual countries, and of course a myriad of city-specific periodicals, but now there’s a magazine that devotes each issue to a single street. The brainchild of Berliner Ricarda Meissner, Flaneur launched last … Continue reading →

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Hotel Security

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

A newly hatched UK thinktank plan to turn historic, old prisons into high-end boutique hotels may be taking hotel security a bit too far. The project would reinvent famous slammers such as London’s Wormwood Scrubs, Petonville, Dartmoor and the 400 … Continue reading →

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Party Like It’s 1900

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Beginning tomorrow and running through the end of September, Fête Paradiso, the world’s first traveling festival of vintage European carousels and carnival rides, is making it’s North American debut on New York City’s historic Governors Island. The diverse collection of late … Continue reading →

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Philadelphia’s Literary Legacy

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

Philadelphia is widely known for it’s treasure-trove of historical sites and it’s rich architectural heritage. And of course, it’s the mural arts capital of the world. But less attention has been focused on the area’s splendid literary legacy. Opened just … Continue reading →

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Vespalogy

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

If you have ever owned a classic Vespa scooter, or rented one on your travels, you will certainly be tickled by this marvelous animated history of the way cool two-wheelers. The retro graphic tribute to seventy years of Vespa was … Continue reading →

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Windows to the Past

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Brian D. Butler

During a recent visit to Budapest, I was intrigued by the discernible connections to Hungarian history conspicuous every where that I looked. Hungarian artist/photographer Kerényi Zoltán has created a project called  Ablak a Múltra or Windows to the Past that links … Continue reading →

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