Minnesota Valley Nat’l Wildlife Refuge

The 14,000-acre Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, located just south of Minneapolis, is one of 14 Regional Priority Urban Wildlife Refuges in … More

The Best of CHINA: The East

Over 1000 years ago, Eastern China was the main terminus of the Maritime Silk Road, trading extensively with Japan, Korea, Southeast … More

Dali Old Town

Dali Old Town, located in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province, was first built during the Ming Dynasty over 1200 years ago … More

St. Louis Science Center

The Saint Louis Science Center was first established as a planetarium in 1963 on the southeastern corner of Forest Park in St. … More

Bandana Square

Bandana Square, located in St. Paul’s Energy Park neighborhood, opened in 1984 after the Northern Pacific Railway’s Como Shops were converted into … More

The Best of Manhattan

The territory of Manhattan traces its origins to a trading post founded in 1624 by Dutch colonists. Originally known as … More

Parc de la Ciutadella

The Parc de la Ciutadella (“Citadel Park”) in Barcelona, Spain was for decades, following its creation in the mid-19th century, the city’s only green … More

Asia Society and Museum

The Asia Society is a non-profit organization that focuses on educating the world about Asia, which it defines as the area from Japan to Iran … More

Famous Western Paintings

A work of art, such as a painting, is generally recognized as a “masterpiece” if it is either widely considered … More

The Best of ITALY, Part 1: The North

Italy is a peninsular Western European country bordered by France, Switzerland, Austria, and Slovenia and which itself surrounds the two enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. Italy also … More

The Landing

The Landing (formerly Historic Murphy’s Landing), now part of the Minnesota River Heritage Park in Shakopee, is a living history … More

Balboa Park, Part 6: San Diego Museum of Art

The San Diego Museum of Art, located in San Diego’s Balboa Park, houses a broad fine arts collection with a particular strength … More

Kunstmuseum Basel

The Kunstmuseum Basel, or Fine Arts Museum, is the oldest publicly accessible art collection in the world. Its focus is … More

Around the World in 25 Sculptures

“Sculpture” is a 3D visual art, commonly the result of either carving, modelling, molding, casting, or welding. Common materials include: … More

Naturhistorische Museum

Officially opened in 1889, the Naturhistorische Museum, located in Vienna, Austria, is one of the most important natural history museums in the … More

Memories of Florida

Florida is the only U.S. state to border both the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean. Spanning 65,758 square … More

Memories of Beijing

Beijing (北京, alternatively Romanized as Peking), the capital of the People’s Republic of China, is also the world’s most populous national capital city, with over 21 … More

Aloha Tower

The Aloha Tower, one of best-known landmarks of Honolulu, is actually a retired lighthouse at Pier 9 of Honolulu Harbor. First … More

Design Museum Helsinki

The Design Museum in Helsinki, Finland is devoted to the exhibition of both Finnish and foreign design, including industrial design, graphic design, and fashion. The … More

Memories of Shanghai

Shanghai is one of China’s four municipalities, along with Beijing, Tianjin, and Chongqing, that are directly administered by the central government. Being … More

Memories of the Bay Area

The San Francisco Bay Area, popularly referred to as just the Bay Area, is frequently defined as including the nine … More

Audubon House and Tropical Gardens

The Audubon House & Tropical Gardens, located at 205 Whitehead Street in Key West, Florida, features 28 first-edition works of the famous ornithologist John … More

St. Simons Island, Part 3: Fort Frederica

Fort Frederica National Monument, on the U.S. state of Georgia’s St. Simons Island, preserves the remnants of a fort built here … More

St. Simons Island, Part 2: The Lighthouse

In 1804, a plantation owner on St. Simons Island, John Couper, deeded four acres of land to the federal government … More

Memories of SWITZERLAND

Switzerland, a landlocked country situated in the heart of Western Europe, occupies the crossroads of Germanic and Romance Europe, as reflected in its four main … More

Locarno

Although Locarno is a town in southern Switzerland, located on the northern shore of Lake Maggiore at the southern foot of the Swiss Alps, its … More

Wells Fargo Center (Minneapolis)

Completed in 1988, the Wells Fargo Center (formerly known as Norwest Center) is the 3rd-tallest building in Minneapolis, after the IDS Center and Capella Tower, standing … More

Zermatt

Zermatt is a small municipality of about about 5,800 inhabitants in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It lies at the foot of … More