Tagged: historic-sites

Cats of Rome Running Tour Shows Off Ancient Ruins and Unbothered Felines

Maybe you're not the type of traveler who rises before 7am while on vacation in order to get a run in. Maybe, in fact, you're the type of traveler who regards such behavior with…

Stonewall National Monument Among USA's Most Endangered Historic Places

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, many of the country's consequential historic sites are at risk of being lost, argues the nonprofit National Trust for…

9 Free Things to Do in Boston: Museums, Monuments, Gardens, and Tours

Boston is an expensive destination for travelers—just looking at the hotel rates can bust your budget.But there are some noteworthy attractions that don’t cost a thing, and many of…

Loving v. Virginia Courthouse Among Six Historic Sites Added to U.S. Civil Rights Trail

The courthouse where the Lovings of Loving v. Virginia fame were arrested, tried, and briefly jailed in 1959 has been added to the U.S. Civil Rights Trail. The law that Richard and…

Places Where You Can Still See Evidence of the Nazi Occupation of Paris

Allied Forces began the liberation of France from Nazi occupation on D-Day, June 6, 1944. But it would take until August 25—two and a half months later—for Paris to be freed from its 4…

Tour Prince's Minneapolis: Where the Artist Lived, Jammed, and Made Music History

A decade after his death in 2016, Prince continues to loom large as a cultural force in Minneapolis, Minnesota.In his beloved hometown, there are Prince-themed tours you can take,…

America's Oldest City Honors Black History with Heritage Trail

As many of us learned in elementary school, St. Augustine, Florida, lays claim to being the oldest continuously inhabited European-founded city in the United States. But recountings of…

Grand Canyon Wildfire: How It Happened, What's Destroyed, and What Travelers Should Know

Nearly a hundred years ago, the Union Pacific Railroad commissioned architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood to design a resort hotel at its depot on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in…

Bucking DEI Backlash, This State Just Opened a New African American Heritage Trail

Amid efforts by the U.S. federal government to restrict how African American history is taught, preserved, and celebrated, one state just unveiled a tourism initiative to showcase more…

Mexico City's New Frida Kahlo Museum Offers a Fresh Look at the Artist

A new museum dedicated to artist Frida Kahlo opened in Mexico City's Coyoacán district in September. Dubbed Museo Casa Kahlo, the institution is housed at Casa Roja, a residence that…

Superman’s Cleveland: Filming Locations and Other Key Sites in His Creators’ Hometown

You've probably heard that Superman of Metropolis is originally from the planet Krypton by way of Smallville. But in point of fact, the Man of Steel—like Drew Carey, the gas mask, and…

London Pub Crawl: The Best Bars Around Historic Fleet Street

November 1, 2024 If London is, as is often claimed, less a single, cohesive city than a collection of villages, then the pubs are the souls of those villages. “The local” is a place to…

USA's Most Endangered Historic Places Now Include L.A.'s Little Tokyo and Concord, Mass., Revolutionary Sites

The site of the American Revolution's "shot heard round the world," the hometown of author Zora Neale Hurston, a lighthouse in the middle of the Hudson River, a long-standing Japanese…

Gorgeous Photos of Ireland's Deserted Cottages and Abandoned Castles

As timeless as Ireland's lush landscapes may appear at first glance, the many ruined castles, churches, ancient sites, houses, and mills scattered across the island reveal the folly of…

PHOTOS: The Most Beautiful Churches in Paris

Novembrer 16, 2022 Badly damaged by fire in 2019, Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris will reopen in time for the city's turn hosting the Summer Olympics in 2024, French government officials…

Forget Dracula’s Castle. You Can Stay at King Charles’s Transylvania Retreat

Turns out Britain's King Charles III is a distant descendant of the guy often cited as an inspiration for Bram Stoker's Count Dracula. According to the people who keep track of these…

Highgate Cemetery: Coffins, Catacombs, and Celebrities in London's Creepy Necropolis

From the very beginning, Highgate Cemetery was built to be a lavish fortress of eternal rest. Opened with private funds in 1839, at a time when London's population was exploding and…

This (Possibly Cursed) Presidential Palace Just Opened to the Public for the First Time

South Korea's hottest attraction right now is an empty house that's said to have bad feng shui. Cheong Wa Dae, also known as the Blue House for the thousands of blue tiles decorating…

In London, Big Ben’s Tower Finally Emerging from Scaffolding—with New (Old) Look

The world-famous clock tower at the Houses of Parliament in London has been under scaffolding for three and a half years now. The photogenic landmark, commonly referred to as Big Ben…

"In Danger of Capsizing": Rough Seas Continue for Historic Queen Mary Ship

Things continue to look bad for the Queen Mary, the historic British ocean liner turned Southern California tourist attraction turned floating hotel turned rotting hulk. The ship,…

New: A Literary Walking Tour of the Great Writers of Amherst, Massachusetts

Seeing as how Amherst, Massachusetts, produced Emily Dickinson, the Pioneer Valley college town's literary reputation is pretty solid already. But the most perceptive and inventive…

This New Expedition Cruise Explores the Islands of Lesser-Touristed West Africa

Hurtigruten, the long-running ship operator that cut its teeth on coastal Norwegian service before fanning out to expedition cruising worldwide, has just announced an upcoming cruise…

Italy’s Alcatraz: Abandoned Island Prison to Become Tourist Attraction

Italy has plans to convert a deserted island that once housed a brutal prison into a tourist attraction similar to San Francisco Bay's Alcatraz, according to news reports. A tiny…

Historic Engineering Site and Immersive Light Show Opening at Niagara Falls

Not long ago, Frommer's made a case for visiting the underrated American side of Niagara Falls. We haven't changed our minds, but we sure hope Canada will open its borders by July 1,…

The Most Endangered Historic Sites in the United States

The church where Emmett Till's funeral was held, a Depression-era wellness spa, and an earthquake-rattled historic district in Puerto Rico are among the most endangered places of…