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Continue reading →: Medieval Sighisoara & Vlad the Impaler’s Birthplace in TransylvaniaSomething bit me in Transylvania, and that is no joke. I kept a close eye on the painful new swellings and watched for any strange symptoms but they have healed, and now… I guess I’m… fine now. Before I begin, I found a video on Youtube that someone else filmed…
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Continue reading →: Historic Rugby: Victorian Gothic in East TennesseeRUGBY, TNThis small Victorian-era town was dreamed up as a religious cooperative Utopia in 1880 for England’s wealthy, idle younger sons who pitifully did not inherit the fortunes of their elder brothers and were too proud to suffer the workforce. (eye roll) English author Thomas Hughes was wealthy and famous…
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Continue reading →: Oak Ridge, TN: Secret City of Bombs and MudPERSONAL TIES I moved to Oak Ridge, Tennessee when I was 19. You can read more about the city in this blog. It was an unfortunate time because the industrial plants and historical sites were not yet open to the public for touring. The mall was wheezing its last breath,…
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Continue reading →: Béal Feirste: On a Quiet Street Where Old Ghosts MeetBelfast took its name after the Irish phrase Béal Feirste, loosely meaning the mouth of the river at the sandbanks, and it has been the capital of Northern Ireland since the late 1800s. A leading city back in the Industrial Revolution and in textile manufacturing, as well as a great contributor…
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Continue reading →: Sylva, NC: A Tiny Town with Huge CultureThe tiny town of Sylva, North Carolina has been growing. With over 2,500 people in a 3-ish square mile radius, there is a huge serving of diversity and culture. Sure, it has the usual cluster of cafes-shops-and-restaurants, but it gets better. Feel like checking out a Drag show and dancing…
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Continue reading →: Ireland’s Only College Town, MaynoothJust outside of Dublin, Maynooth feels more like a suburban neighbourhood than a town of its own. It is artful and well-designed with no pretension. You can reach Maynooth by heading west on the M4/N4/N6 Motorway route that leads cross-country from Dublin to Galway. Our intention was to snap a few…
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Continue reading →: Rock City: Just See It Already, Geez.Rock City is a dreamland full of waterfalls, caves, gnomes, faeries, and dioramas of German faery tales. The place was founded by a German, after all. I was probably seven or eight when I first saw those iconic “See Rock City” signs, white on black painted roofs over bright red…
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Continue reading →: Historic Clinton, TN & the Antique TrailClinton is a small town in East Tennessee’s Anderson County alongside Norris, Oak Ridge, Rocky Top, and Oliver Springs. Many communities in this area were originally developed by the government as an experiment in urban planning and to support employees of ongoing confidential and/or industrial projects. Goin’ Into Town Crossing…
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Continue reading →: New Orleans Memories & Fish Fry Nights at Saint Luke’sI remember the smell of New Orleans during the smoldering months of July, August, and September. That was when it was so humid and hard to breathe that we did not even crinkle our noses at the garbage stench any time a good gust of wind came through to help…
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Continue reading →: Gunther von Hagens’ & His Body Worlds Exhibit in BerlinDr. Gunther von Hagens is a brilliant and incredible human. He is a physician, scientist, and innovator, known around the world for inventing Plastination of humans, as demonstrated in his BodyWorlds. and Animal Inside Out traveling exhibits of real, human anatomy models. Hagens’ personal history is just as fascinating as…
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Continue reading →: It’s a Bird, it’s a Plane, it’s…Metropolis, IllinoisSince 1972, Metropolis, Illinois has been the designated Home of Superman, and is an ongoing destination for Superman and DC fans. Visit during the annual Superman Celebration & Convention with celebrity guests, Q&A discussion panels, puppetry workshops and others classes in the arts, live music, food vendors, and more. Check out…
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Continue reading →: Jersey City Layover: Lunch With the Devil & A Walk in the ParkJERSEY CITY New Jersey’s Jersey City is proud to be one the most culturally diverse cities in the world. Originally it was home of the Lenape tribes, and was later settled by a large Dutch population in the 1600s. With its harbour encompassing the world-renown Ellis Island, Jersey City has…
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