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Thames River Heritage Park: Life on Groton Bank

When the Pequots built a palisaded village on top of the ridge, perhaps as earlier native peoples had done, this would have been a wooded area, with small, stony beaches between granite ledges. With fish and shellfish along shore, game in the woods, and…

Thames River Heritage Park: The Navy and Groton Bank

Naval connections to this river go back to the very beginnings of an American navy. At the start of the American Revolution, Connecticut outfitted its own state navy, and its several ships, including the Spy, Defense, and Oliver Cromwell sailed out of t…

Thames River Heritage Park: Whaling and Groton Bank

The Massachusetts ports of Nantucket and then New Bedford established whaling as a principal New England maritime industry. While we support the conservation of these huge, intelligent creatures, whales were then seen as a resource whose insulating blub…

Thames River Heritage Park

Welcome to the Thames River Heritage Park – a new kind of state park. One without boundaries. The Thames River Heritage Park is a collection of almost 20 national and historic sites along the shores of the Thames River – linked by a water ta…

CT Blue Heritage Trail: Morton F. Plant’s Avery Point Estate

Morton F. Plant, a wealthy philanthropist, began construction on his Groton Estate at Avery Point in 1903.  Upon completion, his home and the surrounding buildings were often collectively referred to as, The Branford Estate, taking its name from th…

Welcome to Portland, Maine!

Welcome to the land of the yummiest lobsters on earth – Maine. The state of Maine has plenty of these crustaceans plucked from the cold waters of the gulf. Once its main city was Portland before it was transferred to Augusta in the 1830’s. M…

Wichita Flag Murals – Downtown Wichita, Kansas

Designed by local artist Cecil McAlister in a 1937 city flag design contest, Wichita’s official city flag was adopted on Flag Day (June 14) that same year. Red and white rays symbolize the path of freedom to come and go as one pleases. The blue di…

Fawkner Memorial Park – Garden of multicultural paradise

The dark history that many of you may be looking for in this cemetery tour, that of infamous and notable occupants is certainly present here at Fawkner cemetery – and as we proceed through our sites today you will come into contact with a few insp…

Plum and Pilot Islands: From the Boat

Learn about Plum and Pilot Islands when you pass by on a private boat, the Washington Island Ferry, Shoreline Cruises, or the Island Clipper. We’ve got a little of everything: history, shipwrecks, reptiles, lighthouses, birds and more.

Visit Guerande and its surrondings with Tim Richards

Guerande is a historic walled town in southern Brittany with lots of fascinating things to see in the town and with old Roman salt pans, still in use, and a brilliant, natural, marshy region close to town.When GPS tour is ended, please, look at the list…

Zipaquirá (town)

Zipaquirá is a central city of Colombia, northeast of Bogotá. It is known for the underground Salt Cathedral, a church in a vast salt mine that has the Stations of the Cross carved into the rock salt. Just outside there is a monument to th…

Vladimir. Walking from Railway Station

In less than three hours the train will take you to the ancient city of Vladimir, which was the capital of North-Eastern Russia. From here the capital was moved to Moscow. In Vladimir there was a unique shape of the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality. A walk …

Carcassonne

Carcassonne is an atypical city: between the medieval and the modern city we make a real temporal travel. Moreover, Carcassonne is one of the best tourist destination with these three million visitors by years. So, we will present 10 essential places of…

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