As was quickly recognized by WorkerBee, Gumbo was visiting the State of Utah Capitol Building, situated in northern Salt Lake City. Situated on 40 acres, the complex offers nice views of downtown Salt Lake City and its Mormon Temple complex, and…
See original puzzle HERE. This week’s second puzzle, the puzzle set for the TravelGumbo detective squad has a detective story of its own. These buildings are on Apotekesgatan, part of the medieval core of Ystad, Sweden, the…
http://www.travelgumbo.com/blog/architecture The fantastic skylight of Barcelona’s Palau de la Musica Catalana (Palace of Catalan Music) is a highlight of a building full of highlights. Built at the turn of the 20th century by…
The City Gate to Chester. Built by the Roman Empire from the year 70 AD.In the foreground you can see the remains of a Roman Theatre, unearthed by road works.
Montreal is one of Canada’s great cities and one of North America’s oldest. It offers many fun things to see and do and, of course, wonderful food to be enjoyed as Montreal is Canada’s capital of cuisine. One of the more interesting…
Antonio Gaudi is the most famous of the Catalan modernist architects whose work in the late 1800s and early 1900s gave Barcelona a reputation for innovation and a trove of works that, whatever their original use, are significant tourist sites…
Everyone knows the Eiffel Tower, or Tour Eiffel. You could probably draw a pretty accurate sketch without even looking. And quite a few folks know that that Gustave Eiffel, who designed and built it, also provided the iron skeleton that keeps the Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbor.
For fans of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Chicago area is a mecca. His home and studio in Oak Park are surrounded by many houses he designed, the Robie House in Hyde Park is nearing completion of a major restoration. But visitors following the Wright trail…
Portland, Maine is a great place to visit any time (even in the winter!) but it’s hard to imagine a more exciting moment to have been there on the day they built the world’s longest lobster roll! The roll for the roll is seen arriving,…
I’ve often advised travelers with jam-packed itineraries to step back and leave themselves time to take a walk in a park or sit there a while, experiencing what the locals see and do. When we travel, it’s one of our favorite things to do (we even…
As was quickly recognized by WorkerBee, Gumbo was visiting the State of Utah Capitol Building, situated in northern Salt Lake City. Situated on 40 acres, the complex offers nice views of downtown Salt Lake City and its Mormon Temple complex, and…
See original puzzle HERE. This week’s second puzzle, the puzzle set for the TravelGumbo detective squad has a detective story of its own. These buildings are on Apotekesgatan, part of the medieval core of Ystad, Sweden, the…
http://www.travelgumbo.com/blog/architecture The fantastic skylight of Barcelona’s Palau de la Musica Catalana (Palace of Catalan Music) is a highlight of a building full of highlights. Built at the turn of the 20th century by…
The City Gate to Chester. Built by the Roman Empire from the year 70 AD.In the foreground you can see the remains of a Roman Theatre, unearthed by road works.
Montreal is one of Canada’s great cities and one of North America’s oldest. It offers many fun things to see and do and, of course, wonderful food to be enjoyed as Montreal is Canada’s capital of cuisine. One of the more interesting…
Antonio Gaudi is the most famous of the Catalan modernist architects whose work in the late 1800s and early 1900s gave Barcelona a reputation for innovation and a trove of works that, whatever their original use, are significant tourist sites…
Everyone knows the Eiffel Tower, or Tour Eiffel. You could probably draw a pretty accurate sketch without even looking. And quite a few folks know that that Gustave Eiffel, who designed and built it, also provided the iron skeleton that keeps the Statue of Liberty standing in New York Harbor.
For fans of Frank Lloyd Wright, the Chicago area is a mecca. His home and studio in Oak Park are surrounded by many houses he designed, the Robie House in Hyde Park is nearing completion of a major restoration. But visitors following the Wright trail…
Portland, Maine is a great place to visit any time (even in the winter!) but it’s hard to imagine a more exciting moment to have been there on the day they built the world’s longest lobster roll! The roll for the roll is seen arriving,…
I’ve often advised travelers with jam-packed itineraries to step back and leave themselves time to take a walk in a park or sit there a while, experiencing what the locals see and do. When we travel, it’s one of our favorite things to do (we even…
