Like countless visitors to southern Spain before me, I stood next to the Alhambra, spread out on the plateau rising above the modern city of Granada, listening for whispers from the ghosts of centuries past. Â Looking out over the rooftops of the town, I could see the Sierra Nevada mountains in the distance, still snowcapped […]
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Concrete typically doesn’t excite me, but when I’m in Las Vegas all bets are off. There’s nothing unusual about the concrete in Sin City, it’s all around you. Â But for an equally impressive look at concrete head out to Hoover Dam, about 30 minutes away. Â This National Historic Landmark has nary a neon light or
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Having been first a Brownie and then a Girl Scout, I was familiar with the name Juliette Gordon Low. She is, after all, the founder of Girl Scouts of the USA. Yet, I really knew nothing about the creative woman or her dynamic family history. That is until a recent trip to Savannah, Georgia, the
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In the middle of San Francisco’s Walter S. Johnson Park, sits the Palace of Fine Arts, an easily recognizable piece of San Francisco architecture. The Palace was designed as part of the 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition which celebrated the completion of the Panama Canal. It was also a chance for San Francisco to shake off
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One of the most dramatic views of Paris is that from butte Montmartre at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart, better known as Sacre Coeur. Montmartre is a bit quieter and less crowded than other areas of the city, particularly on a weekday. Don’t mistake the more relaxed atmosphere with a lack of energy—Montmartre has
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