The main focus of the collection is Cold War, but there are pieces from throughout aviation history…

Who doesn’t like nice museums, shops, bookstores, restaurants…

This wonderful little museum is located, let’s be honest, in the glorious middle of nowhere, half an hour east of The Dalles.

The museum’s most famous and most immediately stunning piece is the Spruce Goose, but the place is packed to the gills with planes, helicopters, rockets, memorabilia, and more…

We walked miles and miles around the city center from this museum to that, from this fun spot to that. I really enjoyed myself, particularly attracted to and energized by the intellectual vibe in the air, thick like the humidity.

One of the crown jewels of Tacoma, Washington, is its Museum of Glass (MOG) downtown behind the old Union Station…

The Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep, Turkey, is full of mosaics and other artifacts moved from the ancient Roman town of Zeugma, which had been flooded by modern damming of the Euphrates... 

I visited the Museum of Glass in Tacoma, Washington, in June 2017. It not only has exhibits of gorgeous glass art, but it also has a very large glassblowing studio where you can watch world-class artists in residence...

Two of the most recognizable roofs in the entire Tacoma, Washington, area sit side by side right off the I-5 freeway: the massive concrete hemisphere of the Tacoma Dome (the world's largest wooden dome) and the shining silver semicylinder of the LeMay: America's Car Museum or ACM. I toured the ACM in June 2017 with Travel Tacoma. The beautiful space holds about 300 cars and trucks in 165,000 square feet...

During my 2015 trip to Venice, Italy, I made sure to visit one of my favorite spots in town, the Gallerie dell'Accademia. It is full of beautiful art but in a relaxed, friendly atmosphere.