Boston Bits and Buildings
Boston is a city of long traditions and profound changes. PHeymont shares images and thoughts of both
History
UK, Greece talking deal on Elgin Marbles
The British Museum chairman says a deal is possible for the Elgin Marbles to return to Athens
Arkansas State Capitol, Little Rock
Samantha enjoyed touring the Arkansas State Capitol building. She learned a lot about their history and I was impressed by all their lovely chandeliers.
Denmark: Cold War bunker is hot ticket
A formerly-secret nuclear bunker built into a mountain is now open as a museum, but there's a waiting list for tickets
Singapore's Civil Defense Museum
Singapore's Central Fire Station houses a small museum that highlights the development of its fire and civil defense force.
The "Almost Ghost Town" of Marysville, Montana
Marysville, like many old mining towns, was once thriving but now is mostly abandoned. There are a few homes and businesses that are occupied, but many of the structures in town appear abandoned.
Dutch slavery exhibition goes on tour
A landmark exhibition from the Rijksmuseum will visit the UN and other locations worldwide
Stonehenge Revisited
DrFumblefinger shares some ovservations and images from his last visit to Stonehenge.
End of the line for fabled ship
Originally the Stockholm and now the Astoria, it's the world's oldest cruise ship
Stavanger, Norway
Marilyn visits a town that nearly lost the look that makes it memorable
Rome seeking Appian Way's beginning
Work is underway to find the starting point of the ancient word's most famous road
Strasbourg History: Between the Lines
Strasbourg has spent almost 1500 years on the edge of competing cultures, rulers and loyalties, leaving it with a character all its own.
Marseille remembers its Holocaust roundups
Eighty years later, Marseille remembers the roundup of thousands during the Occupation
When Small Cars were the Big Thing
A visit to the 'Transport Center' of Munich's Deutschesmuseum gave PHeymont a history lesson on Europe's postwar 'motorization'
A Rambler in Berlin
PHeymont shares 'sights and seens' from his wanderings in the German capital last summer