Wellington Botanic Garden

We used our free afternoon to ride the Wellington Cable Car up the hill to the Botanic Garden and the Bolton Street Cemetery.

Mummy Museum

Originally, the mummified bodies were kept in an underground ossuary. It’s likely that there was never an intent to display them for the public.

The Cemetery Panteón Santa Paula

What makes this cemetery remarkable to me are the walls and walls of remains interred seven stories high.

Bannack ghost town

Bannack was the first capital city of the Montana Territory. In general, the town was famous for its lawlessness.

Closing the distance

I’ve been yearning for a way to get out of the house safely.

I am introduced to Salem witch history

To keep each post somewhat on topic, I hopped around in the timeline. We were in Salem two days. Today’s post is witchy, and yesterday’s was everything else. They aren’t chronological. After a cold, wet morning on the sea looking for whales, we arrived in the wet afternoon at the city of Salem, Massachusetts. Salem […]

Ancient Ireland

This particular region is packed with neolothic sites and points of interest.

Cemetery escape in New Orleans

I am one of the lucky few who got out again, after being shut up in a cemetery for the night. But let me start at the beginning. I’m in New Orleans for a quick trip with a friend. The trip was my idea. He loves the city and I’ve never seen it, so I […]

Saline Courthouse and buffalo

The Cherokee actually have two buffalo herds: the TV buffalo and the wild buffalo.