Category: Vacations
Alexandre Dumas From Cuba Alexandre Dumas, fils was the son of writer and playwright Alexandre Dumas, pere (buried in the Pantheon) and pretty much followed in his father’s footsteps …
Dalida From Fremont Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti was born to Italian parents who lived in Egypt (her father was the first violinist at the Cairo Opera House). Her name was …
Victor Brauner From Toronto Victor (sometimes spelled Viktor) Brauner was born in Romania into a Jewish family. He spent his early years in Austria and then went to the …
Andre Ampere From Henderson Andre-Marie Ampere was one of the founders of what is called classical electromagnetism. He achieved a measure of immortality when a term for electrical power …
Montmartre Cemetery From Aurora Metro stops Blanche and Place de Clichy are equally close At 28 acres, Montmartre is the perfect compact cemetery for art lovers. Indeed, many of …
Oscar Wilde From St. Louis It took a number of years after Oscar Wilde’s death before he could truly rest in peace. Even now, more than a century after …
Gaston Tissandier From Harare Gaston Tissandier was an aeronaut, editor, meteorologist and chemist. He may be most famously known as the sole survivor of the ill-fated flight of the …
Adolphe Thiers From Mozambique The biggest tomb in Pere-Lachaise is for a small but powerful man (Karl Marx described him as a monstrous gnome). Marie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers …
COCONINO NATIONAL FOREST 1,835,913 acres. Located in north-central Arizona, Coconino National Forest encompasses a huge area of diverse scenery, which includes the sometimes snow-covered San Francisco Peaks and the …
KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK 12,990 acres. This park in southeast San Diego preserves many historic sites of the famous gold rush of 1897 in and around Skagway. …
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