Category: Travel
CORNISH-WINDSOR COVERED BRIDGE MAP LONGEST COVERED BRIDGE MAP IN THE UNITED STATES Builders soon learned that, without a roof, a wooden bridge won’t last long. December 8, 1989, was a …
SCHMIDT MUSEUM Franz Schmidt was a revered figure among Austrian composers in the interwar years. Born in Pressburg (now Bratislava) in 1874, he had been a cellist in the Vienna …
CHENAB BRIDGE MAP Crossing Chenab River, Jammu and Kashmir, India Designer/Engineer WSP Expected completion 2020 Span 1,532 feet (467 meters) Material Steel Type Arch Structural history is being made high …
BRITANNIA BRIDGE MAP Crossing Menai Strait, Anglesey, Wales Designer/Engineer Robert Stephenson Completed 1850 Length Center spans 459 feet (140 meters); end spans 230 feet (70 meters) Materials Wrought iron, limestone …
TURK MUSEUM Daniel Gottlob Turk (1750-1813) is commemorated by his adopted city of Halle because of the nurturing role he played in the musical life of the city, as Kan …
LUDENDORFF BRIDGE MAP Everyone knew the bridge would be destroyedthe only question was when. The physical structure of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen no longer survives, but the bridge lives …
ZUYLEN MUSEUM Visitors to the Utrecht area often go to the small 13th-century castle at Oud-Zuilen, now part of the northern suburb of Maarssen. Moated and turreted, Slot Zuylen is …
SALGINATOBEL BRIDGE MAP Crossing Salgina Gorge, near Schiers, Switzerland Designer/Engineer Robert Maillart Completed 1930 Span 295 feet (90 meters) Material Reinforced concrete Type Arch By eliminating everything but structure itself, …
WALTON MUSEUM No composer could have chosen a home more idyllic than did William Walton when he settled in Ischia, in the Bay of Naples. And accordingly no composer museum …
TOSTI MUSEUM The title ‘Tosti’s Goodbye’ will have some resonances for older readers of this book. But the name of Sir Francesco Paolo Tosti is less familiar now than it …
TACOMA NARROWS BRIDGE MAP The bridge’s explosive collapse was deemed “the Pearl Harbor of engineering.” On the morning of November 7, 1940, the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed in 42-mile-an-hour winds …
Costa Rica is a dream vacation destination for its tropical rainforests surrounded by two beautiful coastlines. Costa Rica is home to dozens of different beaches, which are beautiful and unique …
There’s nothing quite like getting a break from your daily routine and hectic lifestyle. Planning a getaway can help you take a step back and enjoy life to its fullest. …
PALLADIAN BRIDGE MAP Crossing Octagon Lake, Buckinghamshire, England Designer/Engineer Unknown Completed c. 1755 Length 92 feet (28 meters) Material Stone Type Arch A Renaissance design was used to encourage free …
SKRYABIN MUSEUM Aleksandr Skryabin was a native Muscovite, and although he travelled widely as a concert pianist and lived abroad for many years – in Italy, France, Switzerland and Belgium …
