C. W. Parker Carousel Museum, Leavenworth, Kansas
In a city that was home to their biggest maker, a museum keeps carousels and their history alive.
Museums
Stolen Art: Napoleon, France and Netherlands
An exhibit in the The Hague's Mauritshuis museum highlights a little-known corner of the Napoleonic era
NDSM: The Artsy Side of Amsterdam
Jonathan L visits one of Amsterdam's arty neighborhoods to explore street art.
Seeing a Once-in-a-Lifetime Vermeer Exhibit
Jonathan L takes in a once in a lifetime exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam
Child's Play: Edinburgh's Museum of Childhood
An unusual museum examines the history of childhood while offering kids a place to play and adults a chance to revisit childhood toys.
Whitefish Point Shipwreck Museum and Lighthouse - Michigan
The Whitefish Point area, known as Lake Superior’s Shipwreck Coast, has more than 200 shipwrecks lying nearby. Samantha shares some pictures from her visit.
Ottawa: The Charm of Canada's Capital
DrFumblefinger offers a guide to the highlights of Canada's capital city (not the world's coldest)
Mini-harps take 'top free attraction' title
Some unusual choices make the Top Five of highest-rated free attractions
Cleveland Museum of Art
Marilyn Jones enjoys a return visit to the wide and deep collections of one of America's premier museums
14 Henrietta Street: Mirror of Dublin History
An elegant home built for the upper crust and later reduced to slums for the poor has a new life as an insightful museum of Dublin's social history
Clementine Hunter
Marilyn shares the story of one of America's best-known self-taught Black artists
The Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Jonathan L visits the Rijksmuseum and explores the history of Dutch art
Oosterpark and the Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam
Jonathan L spends a day exploring the Oost neighborhood of Amsterdam
Don Harrington Discovery Center, Amarillo, Texas
Samantha and her husband visit the Don Harrington Discovery Center in Amarillo, TX where you can explore, create, tinker, learn, and play.
Naples opens a Caruso museum
Naples honors its native son, one of the greatest operatic tenors ever, with a new museum