History & Archaeology

Shovel bum or history buff, if exploring the past is a big part of travel's allure for you, here's how to save while doing it, from hamming it up in the stocks at Colonial Williamsburg to treading (& even digging up) the stones of ancient ruins.

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CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH TOWNS: Ione

Next up on our tour of Gold Rush era towns is one that's close to my heart, Ione. Today at The World on Wheels.

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CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH TOWNS: San Andreas

It's time to explore another Gold Rush town today at The World on Wheels.|

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History front and center as San Juan celebrates its 500th anniversary

DiscoverPuertoRico.com El Viejo San Juan is the core of one of the Americas' oldest still existing cities, and this year Puerto Rico has been marking the 500th anniversary of its founding in 1521 by Juan Ponce de León (of Florida Fountain of Youth fame). Its strategic location made it the first stop of many merchant and military ships traveling from Spain to the rest of the empire's colonies, so it's packed not just with the requisite cobblestone streets, plazas and charming Spanish colonial…

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Historical sites in the city of Madrid's very first UNESCO World Heritage Site

José Balido Congratulations are in order! UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) has just this summer honored Spain's capital city with its first World Heritage Site designation, elevating Madrid to the ranks of destinations with districts or monuments worth preserving for future generations (the larger Madrid community surrounding the capital already had UNESCO sites, including the royal complexes of El Escorial and Aranjuez, which make marvelous day…

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María José October 2, 2022 at 11:23am

Today in the DailyBeast.com website, one writer explains why rather than "underwhelming" (!) Machu Picchu, she prefers nearby Las Qolqas: The website DailyBeast.com has just published a lookat Aarhus, calling it 'Europe's best city you've never heard of". Well, I have, but point taken. https://www.thedailybeast.com/aarhus-is-europes-best-city-youve-nev...
Jeffrey Kunst August 6, 2022 at 12:51pm

Always when visiting archaeological sites, I wonder what they looked like back in the day, and often on-site museums or visitors' centers offer some kind of mock-ups, drawings, or other attempts to recreate them. In this same vein, a YouTube channel called Be Amazed has a video that goes into interesting detail - including reacreations from their heydays - of sites such as Pompeii, the Parthenon, Chichén Itzá, and Machu Picchu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BJ6bsHuSZE
Jeffrey Kunst February 19, 2022 at 8:55am

In observance of Ferbruary’s Black History Month in the USA, MSN’s Travel Noire channel put together a list of six subSaharan landmarks of remarkable black African achievements - pretty fascinating!! https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/tripideas/beyond-the-pyramids-of-e...
Darryl Musick November 1, 2021 at 6:06pm

Next up in our tour of California Gold Rush towns is the home of Mark Twain's jumping frogs. It's Angels Camp, today at The World on Wheels.
Darryl Musick September 27, 2021 at 10:18pm

Next up in our series about California Gold Rush Towns at The World on Wheels is Mokelumne Hill.
Darryl Musick September 6, 2021 at 7:22pm

New today at The World on Wheels, an exploration of some of the remote graves of California.
Darryl Musick August 9, 2021 at 7:00pm

Our recent article on Jamestown was written while many of the Covid restrictions were in effect. Since then, they've loosened up a bit and we went back to ride the train. See the update today at The World on Wheels.
Darryl Musick July 26, 2021 at 7:59pm

Next up in our series of California Gold Rush towns, it's Jamestown in Tuolumne County at The World on Wheels.
Darryl Musick November 1, 2019 at 6:28pm

Another notch in our "things we never thought we'd be able to do with a wheelchair" list...touring an underground gold mine. Today at The World on Wheels.

Up Close and Personal with the Motherlode: Gold Mine Touring in Placerville, California

When you're in a wheelchair, there are certain features of geography that are usually off-limits for you...beaches, water sports, caves.....
Darryl Musick August 16, 2019 at 7:05pm

The World on Wheels travels to a quiet cove on California's Lake Tahoe to visit a Viking Castle.

The World on Wheels

An ongoing adventure of travel and living while using a wheelchair. Tim has been disabled from birth. Darryl is his father and caregiver who travel…