November 2023

A historic theater located in downtown Bakersfield, the Fox Theater opened in 1930 and continues to host movies and live shows.

A Covid-era tax break on meals and catering, extended due to inflation, is set to end on January 1st, when Germany's value-added tax, or VAT, shoots back up to 19% from the 7% rate that's been in effect since 2021. The tax break, which has helped keep the prices of restaurant meals and catering from sharp rises, is estimated to cost the national budget about €3.4 billion a year. Caps on energy prices, which were part of the same economic strategy, will continue, but only until the end of...

This year's season of The Crown is airing on television, and its locations are likely to get a tourism bump

In Riga, Latvia, one of the earliest Art Nouveau buildings is one of the best

Mostar is named after the bridge keepers on the Neretva River, and it began as a small town on a trading route between the Adriatic Coast and central Bosnia.

This is all the clue there is: Is it enough for you to name the scene of a future TravelGumbo blog? Email answers by Monday midnight to TGsuggestions@gmail.com

The Microsoft founder paid a visit to Brussels' Sewer Museum for a special occasion

Berlin's city officials have agreed on building a maglev train as a prototype for future expansion

DrFumblefinger visits the Manzanar relocation camp site in eastern California, not far from Lone Pine. It was at this site that thousands of American citizens of Japanese descent were forcibly relocated during World War II

DrFumblefinger shares the sight of a fresh snowfall on the Santa Rosa mountains in northern Nevada.

Reno is an exciting city, with lots of fun and interesting things to see and do. It helps to have a car to explore all the area has to offer.

A Norwegian research base in Antarctica gets a 'special delivery'