228 articles tagged with historical sites
The first time my boots touched the dusty trails outside Jericho, I felt like I was walking through the pages of history itself. At 260 meters below sea level, Jericho isn't just the world's oldest continuously inhabited city—it's a gateway...
Growing up playing Monopoly, I always wondered about the real Reading Railroad that earned its place on that iconic board game. Little did I know that years later, I'd find myself exploring the actual city of Reading, Pennsylvania, where that...
After nearly three decades managing recreation programs in Minneapolis, I've developed a knack for spotting hidden potential. The same applies to travel—especially in Edinburgh, where the Royal Mile offers far more than the obvious attractions. Having visited Scotland six times...
Standing in the shadow of the Hagia Sophia as the muezzin's call to prayer echoed across the ancient city, I realized Istanbul doesn't discriminate between the wealthy tourist and the budget traveler—its magic is freely given to all who seek...
As a pilot, I'm used to viewing cities from 35,000 feet—geometric patterns and infrastructure networks that tell stories of human development. But there's something special about touching down and exploring a place's history on foot. Woonsocket, Rhode Island might not...
While my professional life revolves around studying active volcanoes across the Pacific Ring of Fire, there's something equally captivating about exploring Earth's geological history through a completely different lens. During a recent conference in the eastern United States, I detoured...
Standing at the edge of Sacrifice Cliff as the summer sun paints the Yellowstone Valley in gold, I'm struck by how this landscape has witnessed centuries of human drama unfold. My culinary expeditions usually lead me to bustling markets or...
Standing at the edge of the Great Dismal Swamp, where escaped enslaved people once sought freedom through treacherous terrain, I felt the weight of history pressing against my judicial robes. Suffolk, Virginia may not headline most Civil War itineraries, but...
There's something magical about the way sound travels through autumn air—crisper, clearer, more defined. As someone who spends her life fine-tuning acoustics, I find fall to be nature's perfect sound engineer. Last month, between theater projects in New York City...
There's something uniquely satisfying about tracing history's fingerprints across dramatically different landscapes. As someone who's built a career noticing details others miss, I've found few contrasts more striking than Switzerland's 'Top of Europe' and America's Gilded Age playground. Both destinations...
When my husband and I first visited Athens five years ago, we made the classic rookie mistake: spending three full days just at the Acropolis and its immediate surroundings. Don't get me wrong – the Parthenon is breathtaking and absolutely...
Porto may be synonymous with its eponymous fortified wine, but this northern Portuguese city harbors historical layers that extend far beyond its famous cellars. As someone who's spent considerable time analyzing evidence in courtrooms, I've found that my judicial mindset...
As someone who typically documents the world's most dramatic geological formations, pivoting my analytical lens to the subtle topography of Wisconsin's Fox River Valley presents an intriguing change of pace. While Appleton lacks the volcanic drama that usually draws my...
As someone who spends her days interpreting the layers of legal precedent, I find myself equally drawn to places where history accumulates in visible strata. Baltimore's harbor area presents just such a palimpsest—a text written over many times yet still...
There's something profoundly humbling about driving through America's Great Plains, where the horizon stretches endlessly and the sky becomes an overwhelming dome of possibility. After years of chasing adrenaline through New Zealand's backcountry and Southeast Asian caves, I found myself...