Squeezed between nearly 4000 miles of coastline and the spine of the Southern Andes (the highest peak breaking 22,000 feet), the country of Chile seems to be all about nature. Mountaineering, trekking, back country adventures, cruising the fjords of Cape Horn. A limited number of Antarctica expeditions leave from Punta Arenas, Chile’s port at the […]
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Founded by Robert and Margie Petersen in 1994, the Petersen Automotive Museum is one of the largest museums in the world dedicated to our love affair with the car. This love affair proudly plays out along museum row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. The museum has four floors displaying over 100 vehicles
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When I visit a museum, I want to be educated through exhibits AND experiences and that’s precisely why Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry is one of my favorites. As the largest science center in the Western Hemisphere, the five-story museum, which has almost 400,000 square feet of exhibit space, is housed in the only building still
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The lyrics in a song by Huey Lewis and The News declares the heart of Rock and Roll is still beating. Throughout the song numerous cities within the United States are listed as rock towns, Cleveland however is not one of them. While Cleveland might not have made Mr. Lewis’ list of legendary rock hubs
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In a sprawling city like London, it can pay to have a game plan for a cultural weekend. One strategy is to choose a genre and pack your weekend with London attractions under a certain topic. This way, you can scratch beneath the surface of the London art scene, get your finger on the pulse
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You might think it would take a trip around the world to witness the Terracotta Warriors of Xi’an, China, penguins of Antarctica, African lions basking on the grassland, engage in conversation with pioneers of the American prairie and walk among legends from the sporting world of auto racing, yet on one road trip, to oneÂ
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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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When I first learned I’d be visiting Hilo, on the east side of Hawaii’s Big Island, I knew very little about the city. Once I arrived, though, I learned that Hilo has a rich history and the people living there are enthusiastic about sharing it with visitors. The Big Island is where Captain Cook first
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A trip to Paris, particularly for first-time visitors, must include a trip to the Louvre. Yes, the Louvre is enormous, and even if you put in a full day you won’t be able to see everything, but it is The Louvre. Each step you take brings you past yet another spectacular masterpiece, and you will
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There are some New York landmarks that will never lose an ounce of their appeal. At the top of this list for me is the Natural History Museum, a behemoth of a museum located on the Upper West Side of Manhattan flanking Central Park. Here, visitors of all ages marvel at collections of 32 million
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