All Blog Posts Tagged 'Museum' (15)

By MIKE NORTON

The sun is shining, the Bay is a beautiful blue, and the flowers are…

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By MIKE NORTON

In their breathtaking sweep of water, sky and sand, Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes can…

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Sometimes we are so concerned with traveling to far off exotic lands to have something exciting to write about, but sometimes there are interesting places within a short drive of where we live. Before I go someplace I always try to find…

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The relevance of Berlin’s past 150 years in relation to where we are today as a society is undeniable.  Much of its history is nowadays buried underground though some of it is hidden in plain sight if you know where to look.  Take for example Hitler’s bunker, tucked away behind apartment blocks on Wilhelm Strasse just one block from the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.  Though the…

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This was the first Saturday in a long time that we slept in as we were not looking at a three plus hour drive to wherever we want to go. Instead this destination was less than an hour away and promised to hold a trove of historical and the occasional haunted experience. Atchison, KS was originally plotted in July 1854 by men from Missouri who named it after a well known Missouri senator, David Rice Atchison.

The most informative way to see and learn about the history of Atchison is to…

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I am pretty lucky, in my job I get to play tourist in my home state almost 365 days a year. My favorite times are when friends and family come to visit. I have an opportunity to plan a few days of touring around Burlington hitting all of my favorite spots and showing them the… Continue

As a former art gallery director, a visit to Paris would not have been complete without a visit to the Louvre. Yet, when I finally arrived at this world renowned museum and saw the lines, I balked. I had three days in Paris. There was no way I wanted to spend my time in a queue!

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http://insidejourneys.com/day-2-paris-the-louvre/

A small jewel that I came across in Southeast Kansas was the Carona Depot and Railroad Museum. I had read on a few other blogs about a train depot somewhere around Scammon, Kansas but could not find a webpage for it. Luckily there were a few signs directing us where to go.

Though technically the place was not open for the season yet, the gentleman was extremely kind to unlock the various buildings and give us a guided tour. He took the time to explain the equipment and history and…

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It was nice being able to leave the house at 6:20am and not need a jacket. The driveway showed signs of a rain sometime during the night but the forecast was not calling for rain. The cooler was filled with cheese, mayo, onion, 12-grain whole wheat bread, mustard, and a couple of jugs of Nestle iced tea.

The sun was already up when I left the house and drove to the highway and headed north to Omaha. For personal reasons I had cancelled my appointment with the Henry Doorly Zoo but the…

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The Topeka Zoo finds its home in Gage Park on the Northwestern side of Topeka. It is very easy to get to from Hwy. 40. It is a very clean park and the zoo is well kept and the landscaping is impressive once everything blooms out. The gorilla environment was well thought out and designed. The gorilla was sitting on the ground leaning against a small tree. As a few families gathered at the window and were pointing and whispering their observations, the gorilla casually glanced over at the…

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National World War I Museum, Kansas City, MO

National World War I Museum

100 West 26th Street

Kansas City, MO 64108



National World War I Museum Website



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If you happen to find yourself in Los Angeles, you’ll find out

quickly that relatively cheap activities and sight seeing can be

difficult to come by. As a “local” living roughly a half hour to an hour

(traffic pending) away from the LA area for all of my current life

there is still a lot that I haven’t seen. This weekend I finally took my

first trip to the Getty Museum

to have a picnic with friends. I was happy to… Continue

So instead let me tell you about the Museum called “Love Land” that M. and I visited on the island of Jeju, in South Korea.

It was difficult to say what was more entertaining; a theme park celebrating the physical union of a man and woman or the bus load of giggly senior citizens who were there at the same time as us.

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