Lofeten Krigsminne Museum
Unlike other late-night ports Hurtigruten's northbound Coastal Express visits, the stop at Lofoten, Norway is lengthy enough to allow passengers to disembark and explore the city. Though the city is…
Duquesne Incline
The Duquesne Incline is one of two remaining funiculars that ascend Mount Washington in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Opening in 1877, it originally carried cargo up the hill but quickly expanded to…
Old-School Advertising
The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum displays era-appropriate advertising in their restored trolleys. Besides providing a real feel to what the passengers saw at the time, it also shows how society has…
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
My wife and I recently made out first trip to Pittsburgh, but before exploring the city we rented a car and drove through the Pennsylvania countryside: my wife's goal to…
The Museum of Jade
In Spanish Museo del Jade, its more formal Museo del Jade y de la Cultura Precolombina (Museum of Jade and Pre-Columbian Culture) better describes its mission. Even my Costa Rican…
National Museum of Costa Rica
Plaque commemorating the founding of the museum The Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, is, as you would rightly expect, is the national museum of Costa Rica located in the capital San…
Museum of Costa Rican Art
Known in Spanish as Museo De Arte Costarricense, the Museum of Costa Rican Art is housed in the former international airport terminal located in Parque Metropolitano La Sabana in San…
Hassan II Mosque
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca - also known as the Grand Mosque in English - was commissioned by then-King Hassan II of Morocco and is the world's fourteenth largest…
Museum of Musical Instruments
The name of the museum in Polish is Muzeum Instrumentów Muzycznych and contains actual and reproduction of musical instruments for many eras and countries. The museum is located in the…
Museum of the Wielkopolska Uprising of 1918-1919
The name of the museum in Polish is Muzeum Powstania Wielkopolskiego and tells a Polish history using the uprising in Poznan after World War I as a major event in…