Your Best Source to Find Historical Places to Visit
Historical places to visit are my favorite kind of trips! Join me for Modern Day Time Travel through (mostly) the United States and Western Europe from prehistoric to modern times. Learn a bit about the historical context of the site for a deeper connection to your trip and pick up travel tips drawn from over 20 years of independent travel and a lifelong passion for history. Recreate one of my trips or mix and match to create your own Modern Day Time Travel adventure!
I love the Prairie style with its connectivity to nature and the environment. I’m not always a fan of the straight, clean lines that later…...
Interested in finding historical places to visit but aren’t sure where to start? You’ve come to the right place!
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Did you know there are stone-age burial chambers in Ireland older than the pyramids of Egypt? Likewise, how about exploring Bronze Age copper mines in Wales? It’s amazing to see what people were able to accomplish with the tools of the age and how much effort went into building a structure that would have taken multiple lifetimes and generations to complete at that time!
Enter the era of giant stone castles, Viking raids and Empire building in your backyard. The massive stone keeps of a castle are impressive and intimidating even today – and we live in a world with skyscrapers! My favorite example, the Tower of London, is as beautiful as it is terrifying; take a moment during your visit to appreciate that you are free to leave whenever you please!
If gilt and opulence is your jam, you can easily spend a day exploring the palace of Versailles just outside of Paris, France. Speaking of exploration, this is also the period of Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan and other explorers setting out in the age of conquest. History isn’t always kind.
These trips can take you through multiple Revolutions and not one, but two World Wars, but modern history has also been a time of tremendous industrialization and technological advancement. For instance, new towns and cities sprang up all across America and that plucky American optimism and stubborn independence took root. I’m pretty sure that’s how my Mom would describe me too: plucky optimism and stubborn independence.