Created in 1905 and, currently, containing over 500,000 items spread over 12,000 square meters (just under 130,000 sq. feet), the Musee de l’Armee in Paris is gargantuan. Its collections are separated over historical periods,...
About 15 miles west of Winslow, Arizona, you turn off at the aptly named Meteor Crater Road exit. Nothing is here, save a large and friendly service station, too big for something this close...
A few weeks ago, a friend who had never been to New York was coming to the city on business, but only very briefly. With just a three hour window open in his schedule,...
Sporting one of the most distinguished service records in U.S. Navy history, the USS Intrepid was commissioned on April 26, 1943 – just one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers the U.S. produced during World...
Built between 1646 and 1678 (with additional construction, and re-building lasting through 1780), the Church of St. Sulpice is huge, coming a close second to Notre Dame for the title of “Largest Church in...
In 2013 I had the good fortune to spend a week in France’s Loire Valley. While traveling between destinations there, I was struck the sight of homes carved into the exposed rock along hillsides. Still others were...
New York City has a thing for Legos. From the outstanding Lego Store in Rockefeller Center, to the incredible models at the Toys R Us in Time Square – massive builds of the Empire...
Several weeks ago, a friend was planning a trip out to New York to visit, and we were kicking around ideas of places to go and see. As we were both 80’s-Kids and huge...
