Jesse Owens Museum
by Despite he died in 1980, James Cleveland Jesse Owens still has a huge popularity. The athletics Olympian beat Hitler’s propaganda Berlin 1936 Olympic Games agenda by …
Category: Museums & Exhibitions
Museums and Exhibitions
Sullenberger Aviation Museum
One plane incident changed the faith of the former Carolinas Aviation Museum. The Charlotte museum, which is a Smithsonian affiliate, announced in 2022 that it …
The Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum (Gatlinburg)
My summer 2025 Six US States and Nashville trip did give me a nice mixture of bucket list visits and interesting places. I visited a rather …
Goslar Imperial Palace (Kaiserpfalz)
The Harz region will always be a special place to me. I studied mathematics at Clausthal Tech University and thus lived there seven years, either …
Bryggens Museum (Bergen)
The story of Bryggens Museum (or Bymuseet in Norwegian) started with a calamity. A fire in 1955 ravaged parts of the historic district Bryggen in Bergen. …
Struwwelpeter Museum Frankfurt
The German book Der Struwwelpeter (“The Shock-Headed Peter”) is one of the most classic and traditional German children’s books. It has been written and illustrated by Heinrich …
Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
I was really looking forward to a brief stop in Knoxville, TN, on the ninth day of my Seven US Stats and Nashville trip. Even though …
Saga Museum Vestmanna
Already in 2022, I introduced you to the very interesting Saga Museum in Reykjavik, Iceland. However, there is a similar place on the Faroe Islands …
Corbin, Kentucky – The World’s First Kentucky Fried Chicken
At first sight, Corbin in Kentucky looks like a nice, rather small 9,000 people town. However, there are some hidden gems, like a series of …
Istanbul Railway Museum
During my May 2025 trip to Istanbul, I did not do too much sightseeing. Quite a lot of stress at work, so that I rather …
House of Leaves (Tirana)
During my trip to Albania, I learned a lot about the situation of the country during the socialist times. Especially the two museums located in …
American Victory Ship Mariners Memorial Museum
I still have quite a backlog of reviews of places and attractions in Florida. Thus, I am very happy to finally share you an interesting …