The National Museum of American Jewish History claims its place on Independence Mall and in the story of the founding of the nation.
The National Museum of American Jewish History claims its place on Independence Mall and in the story of the founding of the nation.
Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, can be as intense as any of the big cities across the water in mainland China. But it also presents an opportunity to view Chinese culture through a different lens, with one stop, the National Palace Museum, offering one of the world’s largest treasuries of Chinese art. Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists spirited these riches...
The American Visionary Art Museum takes a not-too-serious look at "What Makes Us Smile," a special exhibition featuring the input of "The Simpsons'" creator Matt Groening.
It’s an eye-popping, head-scratching sight. There, in middle America, stands one of history’s most recognizable ancient buildings: the Greek Parthenon, generally considered one of the wonders of the Ancient World and a definite must-see for travelers to Greece. What in the name of Zeus, is this ancient monument doing in Nashville, of all places?...
For my recent visit to Cleveland’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, I brought along the rocker in the family: my husband, Chris, a guitarist and music buff, who also blogs about musical gear and equipment. This was our second pilgrimage to this shrine to rock, which is marking its 15th anniversary,...
If I curbed my fascination for lanterns and Buddhas just once and set out for a deeper experience of New York's Chinatown, might I find it? There seems to be an invisible wall between the tourist and the residents. . . .
I first saw the Alhambra, the great Moorish palace in Granada, Spain, in 1976. My sole preparation prior to the visit consisted of reading a description in “Europe on $25 A Day” (or whatever the per diem was in those days). Even with my scanty knowledge of the nearly 800-year Islamic rule of Spain,...
Like a good jukebox, the New York Annex of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame offers plenty of musical stuff that's worthy of a spin.
In Nancy, salivating over Art Nouveau inspired, say, by the curve of a swan's neck or the swoop of a lily in bloom.
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