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Best Things to See & Do if You Only Have 1 Day in Portland

If you only have one day to spend in Portland, Oregon, here’s a list of the best things to see and do. The walking itinerary starts at the AMTRAK station.

Stockholm: City of Bridges #photooftheday

by Linda Aksomitis

Stockholm, Sweden, is a city of bridges, which seems logical when you think about its location. While Sweden isn’t an island, since land connects to Norway on the West and Finland to the North, its capital, Stockholm, is built on 14 islands. Some 57 bridges...

Alabama’s Beautiful Little Stone Church Built Around a Rock

by Linda Aksomitis

Imagine, if you can, an enormous sandstone rock plopped down in a forest–and someone deciding to build it into a pulpit and wrap a stone church around it. Sound a little crazy? Maybe. Milford Howard may not have been crazy, but he sure wasn’t an ordinary...

How Many Canals are there in Amsterdam?

by Linda Aksomitis

Amsterdam is a city of canals–in fact, this city in the Netherlands is sometimes called the “Venice of the North.” In 2010, three of these canals, which together form the Amsterdam canal belt, were added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites....

Walking on Gold–A Visit to Hearst Castle in California

by Linda Aksomitis

The ancient Romans had huge baths that resembled swimming pools, where they not only washed the day’s grime away, but also socialized with friends and neighbors. While regular folk went to a public bath, the rich had a room dedicated to bathing. Many were built...

Guess Where this 100 Foot High Clock Tower Stands in Georgia?

by Linda Aksomitis

Clock towers have been around since at least 50 BC, when the Tower of the Winds was built by Andronicus of Cyrrhus in Athens. While necessary in times gone by to keep town residents aware of the time, clock towers have mostly disappeared. Question About this...