History

My Top Tips for Visiting the Washington DC Area

These are my top trip tips for visiting the Washington DC area. There's so much to see, so I would start by making a list of all the amazing historic places and monuments you would like to see. You...

Baltimore, MD, USA: The Shot Tower

Once a mainstay of advanced high tech manufacturing, only few shot towers remain in the world. One of the most accessible is in Baltimore. For about a half a century the Baltimore shot tower (235 ft...

The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Md, Usa.

The Walters is a small museum, with only some 36,000 objects. This is good news for tourists because it means a decent visit to the museum only takes 2-3 hours (by contrast, we spent more than...

Traveling Outside of Seoul: Nami Island and Hwaseong Fortress

I have always lived in a smaller city and NEVER had to use public transportation. In Korea where so many people go far places all the time. During the fall I took three small trips outside of Seoul...

Exploring Scotland North East Coast

Bow Fiddle Rock is a natural sea arch near Portknockie. It's steep folded sides and rock arch which resembles a fiddle bow tip. A great place to visit for a day out. Short walk to scenic...