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.
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.
Read more…It's time to explore another Gold Rush town today at The World on Wheels.|
Read more…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…
Read more…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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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.
Next up in our series about California Gold Rush Towns at The World on Wheels is Mokelumne Hill.
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.
The World on Wheels travels to a quiet cove on California's Lake Tahoe to visit a Viking Castle.
Thar's gold in them thar hills...actually, a giant hunk of it in a local winery. It's the Gold Rush town of Murphy's, California. Today at The World on Wheels.
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