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For me, it’s the memories of travel misadventures that seem to last longer and teach me more about a place and its people than that great meal or that lovely scenery. Take tonight. Please. I’m on a mini-tour of Washington State’s San Juan Islands doing a Humanities Washington presentation about Hidden Treasures in Museums. Tonight’s […]

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TSA has a museum? Yup, it does.

10/25/12

I’m finishing up a book about museums and the things they can’t or don’t show to the public, so was delighted to learn that the TSA has a museum that’s off limits to the general public because it’s inside TSA headquarters (which is off-limits to the general public) and because the intended audience for the […]

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Museum Monday: Richard Nixon arm wrestles George McGovern

10/22/12

The death on Sunday, October 21st of George McGovern – who ran an unsuccessful campaign for president in 1972 against Richard Nixon – gives me the opportunity to offer a sneak preview of something that will be in my new book about things museums have that are rarely shown to the public. Tucked away at […]

Museum Monday: Katharine Wright’s pantaloons

10/15/12

I’m racing to finish up the entries for my Hidden Museum Treasures book, which will feature the stories behind objects in museums that are rarely or never displayed. When the project began, I put a call out seeking nominations from museums around the country. The International Women’s Air & Space Museum in Cleveland, Ohio was […]

Free museums & expensive luggage delivery

08/04/12

I’m a big fan of “free” and a big fan of the Museums on Us program that offers free admission on the first weekend of each month to more than 150 museums around the country to anyone who has Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit or debit card. The list includes museums, zoos and […]

Attractions to visit on your way to the airport

07/19/12

I call it “Do I dare?” time. That hour or two at the end of a business trip when I’ve wrapped up my work, packed up my stuff, printed out my boarding pass and don’t really have to leave for the airport just yet. Do I dare use that time to squeeze in a visit […]

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In search of Paul Bunyan

06/29/12

American folklore hero and lumberjack Paul Bunyan was said to be so loud that fellow lumberjacks had to wear earmuffs year round. When he sneezed, legend has it that he blew the roof off the loggers’ bunkhouse. “When he was a baby, it took five giant storks to deliver him,” Carol Olson, manager of the […]

Traveling in search of legendary creatures

06/19/12

Monsters don’t just live under beds and in closets. Many travelers and cryptozoologists – people whose study of creatures includes some that may have not yet been proven to exist –say Bigfoot and his legendary brethren are out there; you just need to know where to look. Here are some of the creatures I found […]

Museum Monday: Celebrating the black leather jacket

06/18/12

Today it’s an icon in pop culture and fashion, but the black leather jacket was originally a utilitarian piece of clothing designed to protect travelers. “In the early part of the 20th century, whether you were flying a plane or driving a motorcycle or a horseless carriage, everything had an open cockpit. So the idea […]

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