Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas – Old Ship, Great Itinerary
Royal Caribbean’s Serenade of the Seas was built in 2003 and last refurbished in 2012. It is a mid-size ship that can carry 2,476 passengers on…
You’ll Love This Surprising “Wild Art” at NC Arboretum
The NC Arboretum Asheville is going wild for art and nature in 2021 with Wild Art, an outdoor sculpture exhibition featuring works by 17 local and national…
300 Of The Most Amazing Gingerbread Cottages in America
I’ve been a fan of architecture ever since I lived on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in the mid-1980s. Although I don’t seek out architecture, it usually…
This is the Reason I Slept at the Astonishing Buffalo State Asylum
Between the mid-1800s and early 20th century, there were more than 250 mental institutions built across America. The Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane was widely considered to be…
Bonsai – The Truth About Those Cute Little Miniature Trees
What are Bonsai Trees? Bonsai is a Japanese art form which utilizes cultivation techniques to produce, in containers, small trees that mimic the shape and scale of full…
Discover the Truth about Salt Lake City, Utah
The only thing I knew about Utah is that Donny and Marie Osmond come from there and they are Mormons. However, I was intrigued by Salt…
The Butchart Gardens – Walk Among Thousands of Beautiful Flowers
The Butchart Gardens is a group of floral display gardens in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada, located near Victoria on Vancouver Island. The gardens have been…
“Berlin Lacht!” – You’ll Love This Quirky German Street Festival
Berlin Lacht! (Berlin Laughs!) is a unique international street theater festival in Berlin, Germany. It occurs over 3 months in three different locations. If you are…
Catherine Palace – How To Experience Life In Imperial Russia
St. Petersburg, Russia is Peter the Great’s “Window on the West,” a dazzling baroque city of white, gold, and pastels — and one of the best…
Zermatt – You’ll Love the Swiss Chalets and the Matterhorn
The town of Zermatt lies in a valley in Switzerland at the foot of the Matterhorn mountain. The German name means alpine meadow. It is famous as a…