Hotels
The Celtic Manor Resort in Wales, UK
If you are going to Wales, staying at the Celtic Manor Resort in South Wales is highly recommended. If you have no plans on going to Wales — you should consider going to the Celtic […]
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Architecture & Design
Ignorant Guide to the 11 Most Beautiful Train Stations in the US
Ode to a day when Train Travel ruled the world — its stations overfilled with people, smoking cigarettes. High ceilings were built — spectacularly high ceilings to dim the noise of so many people and […]
On the Road
You Can’t EAT Here! In the Middle of the Mojave Desert
“Ah, remember the nights we would linger over brandy at ‘EAT’?” writes DraperyFalls on Reddit. Well you can’t eat (or drink) anymore at EAT! Because it’s permanently Closed. The main photo of this article is one […]
Americas
Galveston, Oh Galveston! 10 Things to Do for the Ignorant Traveler
“Galveston, oh Galveston!” sang Glen Campbell, one of the great guitar players and singers in history. And a great actor in True Grit. Campbell was a “Session Musician” before he became famous — part of […]
Americas
14 Things to Do in New Orleans for The Ignorant Traveler
If you travel a lot, every place starts to look like every place else, with rare exceptions. Most cities seem the same; even Beijing China starts to look like Brooklyn. Not New Orleans. New Orleans […]
Architecture & Design
Ignorant Guide to Bridge Design
Part of the fun of travel is going over bridges to get to where you are going, and then also to appreciate the design of bridges while you are going over them. One of the […]
Hotels
Hotel Commune by The Great Wall of China
The Hotel Commune by the Great Wall is one of the amazing hotels in the world. It is on an estate of land an hour and a half outside of Beijing, in the mountains by […]
Where to Eat
Best Deli in NYC — According to Real New Yorkers
What’s the best Deli in NYC? Tough question — NYC has THOUSAND’S of Deli’s. This was the question posed to Knick fans by Knick star Julius Randle‘s wife Kendra in April 2024. She asked that […]
Where to Eat
Best Steak Houses in United States According to John Sterling
Longtime Yankee broadcasting legend John Sterling was known as a “man about town” by those in the broadcast industry that knew him well. When he was not broadcasting Yankee games on the radio for over […]
Hotels
The Highlander in Radford, Virginia — Destination “Boutique” Hotel
On the way back from Dallas driving up I-81 at midnight in southern Virginia in a snow storm that dropped 8 inches of snow (January 2024) — with family in tow in a Ford Expedition […]