Tag: history
group name: travelbums
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September 07, 2006 08:56 PM EDT --
I find myself with a dilemma, albeit a fortunate one. I am traveling to Iran to further research on a book and to accrue more personal experience with the people of the old Inner Asian trade routes. That . . . more
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October 15, 2007 09:07 AM EDT --
I know I have been posting tons of pictures on historical places! I love showing people the beauty of America. If I traveled outside , I would show that too!
I just hope that I have made you guys want . . . more
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December 07, 2007 11:10 AM EST --
I've always been fascinated with botanical illustrations, so when the Field Museum announced it was featuring a show on plant portraits, I decided it was time for a visit. The day after Thanksgiving, . . . more
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June 10, 2008 03:16 PM EDT --
Living in the city for more than ten years, we've been to the Chicago Cultural Center (CCC) on a number of occasions, and we've never really thought of the building as an architectural landmark. . . . more
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May 27, 2006 01:49 PM EDT --
Girl at sunrise walking along the moat surrounding the world's largest religious monument, Angkor Wat.
Centuries ago, Cambodia was a great power and ruled over territory stretching from Vietnam . . . more
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August 14, 2007 02:10 PM EDT --
This summer my sons and I went to Denmark, and while we were there we went to visit my grandmother. She lives on Sealand (The Eastern Island where Copenhagen is), while my father and my brothers live in . . . more
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September 08, 2007 04:45 PM EDT --
South of Koge on Sealand, Denmark you can find this magnificient entrance to the castle Vallo Slot.
Vallo Castle is surrounded by a scenic moath, and you have to cross . . . more
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February 21, 2006 06:22 PM EST --
Like a treasured gemstone in an antique setting, Old Drovers Inn shines brilliantly in the hunt country of rural Southern Dutchess County, New York. This 255 year old virtual museum . . . more
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October 16, 2007 10:29 AM EDT --
here are some shots of Savannah. We could not find parking!! so all we did was drive thru the town!! I wanted to go on all the Haunting tours, and it is a good thing I didn't buy the tickets ahead . . . more
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July 31, 2006 07:05 PM EDT --
St Jan
Tetin was the ancestral home of the Czech ruling family and the seat of St Ludmilla and St Wenceslas. Also closely related to Tetin is the myth of St Jan under the Cliff who is often represented . . . more
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August 31, 2006 07:30 PM EDT --
Stones River National Battlefield is a nice day-trip for anyone visiting Nashville, especially those interested in U.S. history. My boyfriend and I went there on a Saturday during our trip to the area . . . more
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November 08, 2007 03:05 PM EST --
“I made this work with the greatest diligence and the greatest love.” – Lorenzo Ghiberti (1381-1455)
Three panels of Lorenzo Ghiberti’s Renaissance masterpiece The Gates . . . more
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September 07, 2007 02:17 PM EDT --
Kronborg Castle in Elsinore (Helsingoer) is known around the world from Shakespeare's Hamlet, and in fact it is one of the most important renaissance castles in Northern Europe.
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October 21, 2007 08:41 PM EDT --
We are now off for our next trip..Victorian Cape May.
the old with the new
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February 06, 2007 02:19 PM EST --
One of the best trips I've ever taken was less than a year ago, when my partner and I spent a week in Florence, Italy.
Our vacation had an inauspicious start, when Air France lost our luggage. . . . more
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October 26, 2007 01:16 PM EDT --
Today I found out about a little known private library right here in Chicago, The Museum of Mourning Photography & Memorial Practice. I have not been there, as you can only visit by appointment, . . . more
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October 20, 2007 11:38 PM EDT --
For a few years I have tried to get into the Southern Mansion in Cape May, NJ!! I always miss the tours. When you see the house you will want to go with me!! Of course it has it's hauntings!!
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October 21, 2007 08:24 PM EDT --
Last nite we went to Mastic, NY. Tonite we go back to another side over there, to the William Floyd Estate. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
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October 25, 2007 08:48 PM EDT --
Well I figured since I am taking my daughter there this weekend for her confirmation present I might as well do a photo essay of how it looks there in a storm!! complete with flooding. These pictures . . . more
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March 16, 2008 05:17 PM EDT --
For a while now I had been seeing these cool gargoyles outside of Wisconsin Dells flanking a sign. Well, last summer we finally got to stop there to take a closer look at what they were all about.
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