This is the famous Checkpoint Charlie (behind the festive tree) that used to be the gateway from East Berlin to the American Sector of West Berlin. It is not the real checkpoint ...

The picture for this month’s wallpaper is of a stain glass window in the Václav (Wenceslas) Cathedral in Prague in the Czech Republic. Regular width (1280 x 1024) Widescreen (1920 × 1200) ...

When I first went to Berlin 3 months after the wall fell I could not find any trace of it. I did miss this section of wall near the Germany tax service ...

This is a mural on a government building in Berlin that shows what communism was supposed to be like. Ironically, in front of this building is a memorial to the citizens who ...

Halong Bay, Vietnam Originally uploaded by mc559 If you enjoy listening to the Amateur Traveler, wouldn’t it be fun to be on the show instead? The Amateur Traveler is hitting the road. ...

This memorial to those who died in the holocaust is named very plainly the “Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe”. It is in Berlin very near to the Brandenburg Gate. It ...

Locals from Geneva in costume to celebrate the victory over the Savoy in 1602 as part of the celebration called the Escalade.

Locals from Geneva in costume as pikemen to celebrate the victory over the Savoy in 1602 as part of the celebration called the Escalade.

Locals from Geneva in costume as musketeers to celebrate the victory over the Savoy in 1602 as part of the celebration called the Escalade.

One of the locals from Geneva in costume to celebrate the victory over the Savoy in 1602 as part of the celebration called the Escalade.