A visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum allows you to remember and honor those lost in the Holocaust. The Washington, DC museum focuses on the individuals in the story while also providing context for World War II. While some of my friends have told me they couldn’t go here, I do think the…
Arlington National Cemetery is America’s sacred resting place for this country’s heroes. First used as a burial place in 1864 during the Civil War, Arlington’s rolling hills rise above the Potomac River, just across from the nation’s capital. From the hills of the cemetery you can look over the trees to the Washington, DC Mall….
The Palm Springs Air Museum is “where history comes alive,” as the museum says. In the four hangars of this 20-year-old museum, planes from WWII are on display. And every plane here can be flown. The planes are shiny and beautiful and well maintained, making the air museum a fascinating and attractive place to spend…
When you visit Prague, you will want to plan to spend time in the Jewish Quarter for the complicated history found here. One of the most intriguing places in this area is Prague’s Old Jewish Cemetery. Prague’s Old Jewish Cemetery is the burial place of 100,000 people The Old Jewish Cemetery has a mystic atmosphere…
Just a short way from the famed Charles Bridge and the lovely Vltava River, a little-known monument memorializes Prague’s heroes of WWII. It’s in the crypt of the small Saints Cyril and Methodius Church and is open to the public. You may want to add a visit here to your Prague itinerary. Here’s the story….
The Topography of Terror is a Documentation Center in Berlin that opened in 2010 to inform all who visit about the Nazi reign of terror. It’s an outdoor and indoor exhibit built along exposed walls of what once the site of the headquarters of the Secret State Police, the SS, and the Reich Security Main…
The Berlin Holocaust Memorial is odd in many ways, one being its official name: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe. From the start, the memorial generated controversy even over this name. Who murdered the Jews? Is this about the Holocaust of WWII or some earlier pogrom? It’s really not clear. Then there is the…
Touring the Reichstag in Berlin gives you a fascinating pairing of the old and the modern, with layers of history, much like the city itself. Hi there! This post may contain affiliate links. That means I earn a bit of money if you purchase products through me. This involves no extra cost to you and…
The Royal Air Force Museum London gives you much to explore, with more than 100 aircraft dating back to WWI on display. The museum is on the site of a former air field, and you can visit several huge hangars to see different displays. In our morning there we were engrossed with the historic displays…
The small town of Ypres sits amid peaceful farmlands in Belgium. It is also know as Ieper in Flemish. During WWI, Ypres suffered from its location, always within a few miles from the front as the fighting stagnated. Much of the town was destroyed. Later, in the 1960s, the buildings were reconstructed in the original…