• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Active Travel Experiences

Active Wine Experiences

  • Travel Adventures
  • Wine & Food Adventures
    • Wine Events
    • Wine Regions
    • Food & Wine
  • Destinations
  • About Us
  • About You
  • Contact Us

North America

South America

Central America / Carribean

Europe

Asia

Africa

Australia / Oceania

Antartica

Find your interest!

Use the checkboxes below to filter through all of our posts based on destination, activity, or interest. Use the + symbol to open a category and see all the sub-categories.

Learning

New York Public Library Special Exhibits

May 5, 2022 Leave a Comment

The New York City library has much more than books. For over 125 years, it has collected over 56 million items that reflect the city’s history and, in some cases, the country. It offers free exhibits (no library card required) around topics that focus on the city’s history or, in some cases, the country. We […]

Filed Under: Art, Destinations, Featured-City, Learning, Museums, New York City Tagged With: George Washington, museums, Stonewall, Thomas Jefferson

Shelburne and Birchtown Nova Scotia

August 6, 2015 Leave a Comment

DSC02954

Shelbourne, on Nova Scotia’s southeast coast, was an 18th- and 19th-century shipbuilding center that was founded in 1783. It grew to 10,000 people within a year, primarily due to British loyalists who fled America after the Revolution. It eventually grew larger than Montreal and Quebec before the British-run Canadian government stopped providing free land and […]

Filed Under: Cities, Featured-City, Learning, Nova Scotia, Sightseeing Tagged With: Canada, historic sites, Nova Scotia

Checking into Halifax, Nova Scotia

August 6, 2015 Leave a Comment

DSC02518

Halifax, Nova Scotia, founded on 1749, was one of the first English settlements in Canada. Initially created as a naval and military base, it is dominated by its Citadel. Its subsequent role as a shipbuilding center created much of the wealth that funded the building of many of the city’s grand buildings. True, many such […]

Filed Under: Cities, Dining, Featured-City, Learning, Nova Scotia, Restaurants, Sightseeing Tagged With: Canada, Nova Scotia

Washington, D.C. Science and History Museums—Spring 2015

September 3, 2021 Leave a Comment

NG-Raiders-arc

As with our return trips to most of our favorite cities, this trip focused on museums, walking tours (both guided and independent) and of course, restaurants. We devoted so much time to museums and visitor centers that we have divided these stops into two posts: One focused on art museums and on science and history […]

Filed Under: Cities, Featured-City, Learning, Sightseeing, Washington, D.C. Tagged With: museums, Washington

Appomattox Virginia: The End of the Civil War

December 11, 2021 Leave a Comment

Appomatix-Court House

Appomattox Court House is the site of Robert E. Lee’s April 9, 1865 surrender of the North Virginia army to Ulysses S. Grant signaled the end the Civil War. The reconstructed courthouse at which the surrender was executed is the centerpiece of the National Historic Park and the site of the museum. The park also […]

Filed Under: Appomattox, Featured-City, Learning, Virginia Tagged With: National Parks, virgnia

An Express Driving Tour of Winston-Salem and Greensboro

June 24, 2015 Leave a Comment

Win-Sal-old (2)

  We had a long day’s drive that would take us through both Winston-Salem and Greensboro. Although we had little time to spend in either, we were able to at least find time for lunch and catch street-side views of some of the cities’ primary sights.   Winston-Salem We did, …

Filed Under: Dining, Featured-City, Greensboro, Learning, Restaurants, Winston-Salem Tagged With: museums, North Carolina, restaurants

  • Go to page 1
  • Go to page 2
  • Go to page 3
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 7
  • Go to Next Page »