The Islands National Museum aims to maintain, research and divulge the cultural heritage of the Cayman Islands. The museum was opened in 1990 in George Town’s former court house from the 19th century. A large proportion of the exhibits on display today were collected by hobby collector Ira Thompson in the 30s – in 1979 [...]
California’s “Wine Country” was still at the center of the American Gold Rush 150 years ago. At that time, vineyards were tended only by missionaries residing in Sonoma and San Rafael. Today, Napa Valley is one of the most famous wine-growing regions for Californian table wine and wine tasting. Tours of vineyards are particularly popular [...]
Big Water is the name given by the Washoe Indians to the largest mountain lake in California. Its 22-mile long and 12-mile wide basin contains a quantity of water great enough to flood the entire state of California up to a level of 14 inches.
The lake, 6,800 feet above sea level, is located in a [...]
Where, today, Boston is at its most European, foul-smelling mud flats still existed 150 years ago and numerous mills were driven by tidal currents at the dams along the Charles River. When the population boomed during the 19th century, Boston’s municipal administration decided to fill in the eyesore with earth. The newly acquired land enlarged [...]
