I feel that the more the Strip or Las Vegas Boulevard area is growing as a massive, but also expansive entertainment temple, the more Las Vegas Downtown is getting some sort of renaissance. People who just want to have basic entertainment, good…
George’s Street Arcade (Dublin, Pictured Story)
I rather frequently travel to Dublin for business reasons. However, the Weird Al Yankovic Tour 2023 gave me a rather rare opportunity to have some time to explore the Irish capital. A place I happened to run into is the…
A Walk Through Wangerooge (Pictured Story)
Especially in summer, East Frisia and the East Frisian Islands on the German North Sea coast are very popular tourist destinations. With solely a total area of roughly five square kilometers and an official population of some 1,200 people, Wangerooge…
Rhyolite Ghost Town (Nevada) and Goldwell Open Air Museum
Going back from Las Vegas to Los Angeles after the New Year’s Eve celebrations, my wife and I opted to go through Nevada and the Death Valley. We stopped at Rhyolite, a ghost town in West Nevada. The place is…
Franciscan Monastery Dubrovnik (Pictured Story)
During our visit to Dubrovnik, my wife and I also had a look into the Franciscan Monastery (sometimes also: Franciscan Friary, Franjevaxki samostan). As photography is only allowed in the patio of the building, I felt sharing this place in…
Germany’s Westernmost Point near Selfkant-Isenbruch (Pictured Story)
The Selfkant is truly a remarkable municipality in the very West of the Federal Republic of Germany. The border to the Netherlands is more than four times longer than to other parts of Germany, for example. The neighbor state even…
Svangaskard – The Traditional National Stadium of the Faroe Islands
During my trip to the Faroe Islands in December 2023, KI Klaksvik made me see my first match at the Torsvollur National Stadium. While that stadium in the heart of the capital Torshavn, the first approved soccer national stadium has…
Kansas City Union Station (Pictured Story)
According to Wikipedia, twelve different railroad lines overall operated from and through Kansas City overall. However, the golden age of railroads in the city in Missouri are long ago – Amtrak is solely driving the Missouri River Runner to St. Louis…