When people think Korea today, the thought is almost always tinted with war. The politics of the peninsula affect the world indirectly, but they effect the people living there every day. In downtown Seoul, we visited the Korean War Memorial … Continued
Gyeongbokgung The main Seoul palace, home to the Joseon Dynasty, lies at the end of the main boulevard in town. It is extensive and magnificent in many ways. Built in 1395, it was destroyed in a few hundred years ago … Continued
Jodhpur has one of the best palace forts we visited in Rajasthan, India, the Mehrangarh Fort. It has been very well maintained and outfitted with an outstanding museum. It sits on top of a craggy bluff over the city, dubbed … Continued
Udaipur is a city pocked with palaces. In addition to the princess gardens, there is the large and magnificent City Palace on the hill over the lake’s edge; the Monsoon Palace on top of the nearby mountain (used as a … Continued
For Christmas, my friend Aaron and I had an adventure in Chongqing, China. This municipality, once a part of Sichuan province, is littered with mountains, crisscrossed by major rivers, and dotted with priceless wonders of nature and humanity. And, as … Continued
Four hundred and eighty five individually carved stone lions have watched Beijing’s southwest entrance for nearly 900 years. They inspired a legendary explorer to mention them in his writings and provided a backdrop to one of modern China’s most harrowing … Continued
Seventy years ago the United States dropped devastation, death and desolation on Japan demonstrating to the world truly terrible power by means of atomic energy. Less than a decade later, scientists in a small brick building in Idaho demonstrated that … Continued
Stunning architecture and an exquisite collection make the Natural History Museum of Utah a worthy contender for your time. The new building in University of Utah’s Research Park called the Rio Tinto Center, which opened in 2011, is an amazing … Continued
The few times I had been to Las Vegas before our family reunion took me to the Cashman Center as a stage manager or production assistant. Just as you pull into this big municipal convention center complex there is a … Continued
Ever since rafting on the Li River on New Year’s Day in 2012, I’ve wanted to make each New Year’s Day a day of adventure to set the next 365 days off to a great start. Two years ago for … Continued