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Tag: museum

Movie mines

Slightly further along the road from Apache Junction in Pheonix towards the Superstition Mountains a far more modern collection of items has … More

Apacheland, Arizona, movie set, museum, travel, United States, US

Golden Superstition

At the most southern tip of the Tonto National Forest lie the Superstition Mountains.   At the southern approach to the … More

Arizona, Gold mine, Lost Dutchman, museum, Superstition, Superstition Mountains, travel, United States, US

Open Monumentdag

The cheapest train ticket I could get for my return journey from Amsterdam to London was a departure at around … More

Amsterdam, heritage day, Makelaers Comptoir, Monumentdag, museum, Netherlands, travel

New Orleans World War II museum

I’m still not travelling again, so here is something from a previous trip.  In 2010 I visited New Orleans with … More

aeroplane, airplane, Louisiana, museum, National World War II Museum, New Orleans, United States, US, World War II

The rise and fall of the Qiao family

Qiao Guifa was the earliest ancestor who made the family rich. He was ill-fated when young, his parents died when … More

candelabra, China, mirror, museum, Qiao, Taiyuan, travel, treasures

House of Qiao

We left Xi’an and flew to Tiayuan where on our first day we visited the house of the Qiao family in … More

China, House of Qiao, museum, Qiao, Qiaos Grand Courtyard, Raise the Red Lantern, Taiyuan, travel

Xi’an day and night

There are a couple of interesting pictures from Xi’an without any words taken during the day and night which I’m adding … More

China, dragon, East Gate, floodlit, museum, travel, Xi'an

Another Chinese Emperor’s Mausoleum

That brings to an end the tales of my 2014 travels and I am working on what adventures to have … More

China, emperor, Empress Wang, Han dynasty, Liu Qi, museum, travel, Xi'an

History of Surgery

The Museum of Surgical Science includes a room dedicated to the pioneers of medicine.   For daily pictures you can … More

Amtrak, Cardinal, Chicago, Illinois, museum, Museum of Surgical Science, travel, United States, USA, USA Rail Pass

Introduction to Surgery

My trip to the Middle East started before I could tell you about one of my finds in Chicago.  Now that … More

apothecary, Chicago, city, gyneacology, Illinois, museum, Museum of Surgical Science, ophthalmology, speculum, travel, United States, USA, USA Rail Pass

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