Museums

Toronto: The Bata Shoe Museum Offers Just the Right Fit

April 23, 2013
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Toronto: The Bata Shoe Museum Offers Just the Right Fit

This quirky museum will provide new insight on what's covering your instep.

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Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin Parkway Comes to Life

June 26, 2012
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Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin Parkway Comes to Life

  Philadelphia’s nearly century-old Benjamin Franklin Parkway is something of a late bloomer. Modeled on Paris’ Champs-Elysees, the wide, tree-lined boulevard breaks up Philly’s 18th century grid of narrow streets to cut a dramatic diagonal linking City Hall and the downtown with the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Fairmount Park. Along this spine are some…

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Las Vegas: Mob Museum Tells Story of America’s Underworld

May 8, 2012
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Las Vegas: Mob Museum Tells Story of America’s Underworld

The Mob Museum reveals the true tales of the bad guys who tried to get away with murder and the good guys who tracked them down.

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Holon: Designs on Stardom

March 27, 2012
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Holon: Designs on Stardom

No longer content to sit in Tel Aviv's shadow, a new design city blooms.

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Oslo: Museums to Keep You Warm

March 13, 2012
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Oslo: Museums to Keep You Warm

Whether you choose to brave the freeze, or retreat from it, you'll find no shortage of options in Oslo.

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Washington, D.C.: Sophisticated Science

February 21, 2012
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Washington, D.C.: Sophisticated Science

In the U.S. capital, a wanderer stumbles on a different kind of science museum.

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Roanoke: Modern Masterpiece

January 31, 2012
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Roanoke: Modern Masterpiece

The Taubman Museum of Art makes a contemporary design statement all its own.

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Vienna: A Tale of Two Couches

October 25, 2011
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Vienna: A Tale of Two Couches

The Sigmund Freud Museum lets you walk in the steps of the father of psychoanalysis.

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Savannah: Flannery’s Not Hard to Find

June 24, 2011
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Savannah: Flannery’s Not Hard to Find

Finding the roots of a great Southern Gothic author in the home of a rather strange little girl.

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Innsbruck: Swarovski’s Hidden Jewel

June 14, 2011
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Innsbruck: Swarovski’s Hidden Jewel

The subterranean Crystal Worlds museum immerses visitors in the art of Swarovski.

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Editor’s Corner

Robert DiGiacomo questions which "new" landmarks will be considered classics some day.

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