The Getty Museum in Los Angeles is beautiful. Sitting on a hill with a view of Los Angeles the gardens and view are worth the trip even if you didn’t visit any [...]

People have been escaping to San Francisco at least since the cry went out from California in 1849 that there was “gold in them thar hills”. There is not as much gold [...]

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One thing that I liked about this photograph from a foggy day on the ancient walls of Xi’an China was the more modern building looming in the fog behind the watch tower. [...]

The Amateur Traveler talks to Kirk Horsted in a two part episode on the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. This first episode focuses on Minneapolis with day trips west [...]

The Muslim Quarter in Xi’an China is filled with interesting and colorful food stalls including this one, although this meal was a bit greasy for my taste.

There are 3 hotels on the island of Lanai and the Four Seasons Resort Hawaii – Lana’i at Manele Bay is the most expensive and also the most typically Hawaiian of the 3. [...]

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In honor of National Park week this statue of a factory worker is found at the Lowell National Historic Park in Lowell, Massachusetts.

The Bay of Islands at the northern tip of New Zealand has many secluded beaches as long as you have a boat to find them. This beach is on one of the [...]