Unique places and special finds that the average tourist might not discover.
The wild west of the gold rush days lives in Williams, Arizona. The small town is just outside the Grand Canyon, mixed with the 1950s kitsch of the glory days of Route 66 and the days of the old west. I discovered Williams by searching […]
For hundreds of years dreamers have sought the lost city of Atlantis while the sunken city of Baia sits just below the surface in Naples, Italy. It’s off-the-beaten-path. Most tourists have never heard of Baia. Yet the underwater ruins are a diver’s fantasy while the […]
Etched in the Mother Road are the stories of the fascinating women of Route 66 who paved their own path along the 2400 mile stretch of road during its broken history. Women of the past and the present, each of them blazing their own trail […]
I don’t know about you but when I’m on holiday I want a quiet beach and the nearest flea market or boot sale. In Cornwall, I found both. You can’t get a better beach view than the castle of St. Michael’s Mount in Marazion. I […]
Ischia’s a magical place with enchanted gardens from end to end of this largest of the Phlegraean Islands. One of the secret gardens, off the beaten path of tourists, is Mortella Gardens, Il Giardini la Mortella (Via F. Calise, 39, Forio, Ischia). It’s truly a […]