architecture

Park Guell – Barcelona's magnificent Gaudi park

Park Guell is the serendipitous result of a failed planned community.Around the turn of the 20th century, Count Eusebi Guell...

Ljubljana Cathedral (St. Nicholas's Church)

Beautiful Ljubljana – Slovenia

Ljubljana is not only beautiful, it also has a ton of things you can do. https://www.partner.viator.com/widgets/whatsPopular.jspa 79617 en 5257 5...

Dubrovnik City Walls – UNESCO site

Dubrovnik is a beautiful ancient city that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the coast of Croatia.  The ancient...

Chicago River Cruise

The Chicago Architecture Foundation’s Chicago River Cruise is great.  Several companies offer tours of the Chicago River. The CAF tour...

Cartagena’s churches, parks, doors, and kites (Colombia)

As you walk around the old area of Cartagena, you will see beautiful houses with bougainvillea or other floral vines...

Istanbul underground: Basilica Cistern

I love going to things that are underground, and in Istanbul, there is an ancient Cistern you can visit. The...

Chiang Mai temples (Thailand)

While Doi Suthep Temple is high on a hill above Chiang Mai, there are many other temples in Chiang Mai...

Scenes from Madrid

Topkapi Palace (Istanbul) – beautiful views and art

Topkapi Palace complex overlooks the Bosphorus and was the home of the Ottoman sultans, but now is a museum. Most...