I love funky museums that show me something different and unexpected and the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia was just the thing. A real functioning prison from 1821 to 1971 turned museum this will give you a chance to revisit the
Japan House @UIUC : Champaign Illinois
Champaign, Illinois. A little town a bit off the main tourist areas, 3 hours down from Chicago, 2.5 hours from Indianapolis, and about 3.5 hours from Saint Louis. People who visit Champaign usually do it for the University of Illinois
Bingham-Waggoner Estate : Independence Missouri
On my way to visit my old town of Topeka Kansas from Champaign Illinois I stopped over in the Kansas City area. I was looking for something interesting to see and do in the area, and some guide on some
Following Tom Sawyer into Mark Twain Cave : Hannibal Missouri
The Mark Twain Cave is the oldest cave in Missouri, featured in Mark Twain’s stories about Tom Sawyer and Injun Joe with tales of romantic adventures and fatal hideouts from the law. I ran into this cave completely by accident
Central Park revisited in Spring : New York City
Last spring I had the opportunity to revisit New York City and its gorgeous Central Park. The last time I’ve been to NYC before that was in December for Christmas during freezing cold winter and Central Park was covered with
Visiting the University of Pennsylvania : Philadelphia
After a visit to New York City for an academic conference, I took a couple of days to venture down south and visit two universities I’ve wanted to see for long – Princeton University in New Jersey, and University of
Visions of Topeka and Kansas City
Back at the end of the 1980s I spent a year living in the middle of no-where US at the little town of Topeka Kansas. I’ve come to think of that year in the US as one of the best
Visions of New York City #2 & #3
In the year I spent living in the US I made two trips to New York City. I’ve been to New York City many times before in different stages of my life and with different people, but every time I
Visions of UIUC : Farewell to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
What a year. In a stark contrast to my previous life at Hong Kong, the year at Urbana-Champaign proved challenging in almost every regard. Urbana-Champaign are sleepy twin towns in the middle of no-where cornfields at the flat-land Midwestern Illinois
Rosson House Museum at Heritage Square : Phoenix
Last Christmas eve, I found myself stopping over at Phoenix Arizona with some time to visit some of the local attractions. But, being Christmas eve, the city was dead quiet and so all the places I visited were completely empty,
