Barcelona Shoebox: the rest of the story
Beyond the most famous sights and names, Barcelona has a lot more to see and visit. Have a look!
Beyond the most famous sights and names, Barcelona has a lot more to see and visit. Have a look!
Dijon's historic center is now a UNESCO World Heritage site, with well-preserved buildings, an unusual Gothic church and a Michelin-star lunch.
A unique chain of boutique hotels re-imagines its lobbies as galleries for contemporary art, and as a way to preserve significant buildings.
WITW was TravelGumbo this week? He was at Oslo's Akershus Castle and Fortress. Find out some of the history.
The foreground recedes in this picture, as a view of the city, through a sheer curtain, draws the eye outside the Museum of Modern Art's Picasso exhibit.
Modeled on the Alcazar of Seville, Spain, the former Hotel Alcazar serves as Saint Augustine's City Hall and the home of the Lightner Museum, with its fascinating collections.
Antigua (Guatemala) is about 45 minutes away from Guatemala city. Located on the central highlands it is surrounded by several volcanoes, the largest of which, Volcan de Agua, has erupted several times, triggering associated earthquakes that have...
Antigua is one of Guatemala's oldest cities, and has some of its best-preserved colonial buildings—at least in part because after 1776 it was nearly-abandoned for 150 years. LestertheInvestor shows us around.
This picture was inspired by a 1930s Berenice Abbott photograph of lower Manhattan from the waterfront that I used in a blog about changing Manhattan views.
From his shoebox, Mac pulls another incredible image of Tallinn
The Church of Our Lady of Pilar is one of the oldest churches in Buenos Aires, and a beautiful example of its Colonial era architecture. It adjoins the famous Recoleta Cemetery.
Every year the NY Botanical Gardens turns the Haupt Conservatory into a model train holiday fantasy.
A travelers wanders at home, trying to view his neighborhood as he views others, and wondering how others see his.
An annual gingerbread-house competition in Sweden has taken on a new twist as its sponsor, ArkDes, an architecture and design center, challenged the bakers to find solutions to Stockholm's growing housing crisis. With average waits for public or supported housing in the capital up to 8 years, the need for new construction is clear, and the ideas submitted ranged from high-rises such as those above mixed with low-rise to UFO-like structures. Gingerbread houses are a Christmas tradition, and...
Built in 1870, The St. Augustine Lighthouse and its iconic black and white spiral paint is a must see.