Sept. 23, 2018: Lalibela—Ethiopia’s Jerusalem
Gilles visits the magnificent rock-hewn churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia during a period of pilgrimage, and shares the story behind them.
History
Dublin: new museum shows tenement life
Dublin's newest museum shows a slice of life that's quite different from visiting stately homes and public institutions. Instead, it shows the hard life of Dublin working people through tours of a reconstructed tenement building. The museum, called 14 Henrietta Street, after its address, uses period furnishings, objects and building condition to show visitors how thousands of Dubliners lived in the 19th and 20th centuries, and oral histories to tell their stories. The building itself is a...
Sept. 11, 2018: Kidwelly Castle, Wales
Professor Abe visits one of the many lovely coastal castles in Wales, this one Kidwelly Castle.
S.S. Klondike, Whitehorse (Where Gumbo was #287)
Gumbo was visiting the historic S.S. Klondike II, one of the few surviving sternwheelers that used to move goods and passengers along the Yukon River.
St. Michael's Church, Charleston
St Michael's is the oldest church in Charleston. The building and many of its interior features date to the mid-18th century.
August 30, 2018: Old Sugar Mill, Kauai
DrFumblefinger visits the ruins of an old sugar cane plant on the garden island of Kauai.
EPIC, Dublin: A museum of two minds
EPIC, the Irish Emigration Museum explores the reasons so many left Ireland, and then veers off to examine famous emigrants.
London's Southwark Cathedral
London's Southwark Cathedral has a long and colorful history as a church, but only a century or so as a cathedral.
Boone Hall Plantation, South Carolina
Join Marilyn Jones on a tour of a plantation that shows a past way of life, and whose labor actually built it.
Aug. 3, 2018: Canmore Miners' Union Hall
One of the oldest buildings in the town of Canmore is the Miner's Union Hall. Completed in 1913 to serve the coal miner's union, it now functions as a community gathering site and is a popular venue for weddings.
Our Gloomy Visit to Dachau Concentration Camp
While in Munich, Samantha and her husband made their way to Dachau Concentration camp and a special memorial. May we never forgot what happened there so that history will NEVER repeat itself.
July 31, 2018: Making a Sweetgrass Basket
Marilyn Jones shares a lesson in the South Carolina Lowcountry art of basket weaving.
'Native Land' adds new history to travel
A new interactive map helps travelers and others understand the native history of places they are visiting.
The Memorials of Berlin - Part 2
Jonathan L continues his exploration of the Berlin memorials dedicated to those murdered by the Nazis
July 17, 2018: Burgwin-Wright House, Wilmington, NC
Marilyn Jones takes us along for a visit to Wilmington's only pre-Revolution building open to the public, and to its gardens.