A Pitstop in Guimerà, Catalonia
Guimerà is a medieval town through-and-through, magnificently preserved through the centuries, and it really does feel like you've been transported in…
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History & Ruins
History and ruins stories cover a lot of centuries. We walk the Avenue of the Sphinxes at Luxor Temple, poke around the Minoan palace of Knossos outside Heraklion and find a hidden Roman aqueduct near Teruel. Medieval Spain shows up in red-ochre Albarracín, Morella and Guimerà, and back home in Valencia, Moorish baths and Roman ruins keep surfacing beneath the streets, along with a more recent relic, the abandoned Formula 1 track.
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Spain 19 stories
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Lleida Highlight: La Seu Vella
A Two Night Stay in Lleida
A Weekend In Morella
The Centro de Arte Hortensia Herrero in Valencia
Valencia Under Construction in 2021
Don’t Come Digging in Valencia
The 207 Steps of The Micalet Bell Tower
Christmas in Alicante
Valencia Secret Tour: La Lonja Tower
The Nolla Ceramics Palace North of Valencia
Teruel’s Pinares de Rodeno Park And A Roman Aqueduct
United States 8 stories
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The Gammon House: Springfield’s Underground Railroad Connection
The Gammon House recounts the stories of George and Sarah Gammon, and the exhibitions go into detail about the slave trade, the tribulations of the en…
Toads And Mushrooms at The Caesar Creek State Park
An Architectural Tour of Downtown Springfield
The Westcott House: Springfield’s Frank Lloyd Wright Masterpiece
Meeting the Presidents at The National Portrait Gallery
A Tour of the US Capitol
Fall Colors in the FernCliff Cemetery, Springfield Ohio
Calatrava’s World Trade Center Transportation Hub (PATH) Station
Greece 5 stories
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Hiking on Crete: From Stavros to the Katholiko Beach
Two years ago, we spent about a month living in Stavros, a small town along the northern coast of Crete, not far from Chania. While there, we embarked…
The Archaeological Museum of Heraklion
Knossos: The “Modern” Minoan Palace Near Heraklion
The Archaeological Museum of Chania – History And Architecture
Beauty but no Gondolas: Chania’s Venetian Harbor
Egypt 3 stories
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Germany 1 story
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United Kingdom 1 story
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