Category: history

photo of close up detail of Starry Night Over The Rhone painting by Vincent van Gogh

Close up of detail of Starry Night Over The Rhone by Vincent van Gogh by John Hunter

Close up detail of Starry Night Over The Rhone by Vincent van Gogh at the Dreams and Reality Exhibit at the Singapore Art Museum. The Museum D’Orsay in Paris, France provided the exhibit from their collection.

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photo of boy at Mesa Verde National Park

Justin at Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

My brother at the Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park.

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photo of Egyptian Hieroglyph carving

Egyptian Hieroglyphs at the Met in New York City

From the Met’s Egyptian collection.

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photo of landscape of Dinosaur National Monument

View of the landscape of Dinosaur National Monument. If you look closely you can see the trail.

Dinosaur National Monument in Utah is isolated, and while the scenery is nice, it isn’t what I would call spectacular. You can spot fossilized dinosaur bones which are amazing in fact, but almost undetectable within the surroundings.

They are about to open up a visitor’s center which might have some nice exhibits (it wasn’t open when I went).

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Statue of King Mankaure and his Queen (Ancient Egypt)

Statue of King Mankaure (also know as Mycerimus) and his queen (probably Kha_merer-nebty II) from the great Ancient Egyptian art collection at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

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ruins of a building in a cypress swamp.

Facade of an old building in the cypress swamp in Cypress Gardens, South Carolina. You can rent canoes to boat through the swamp: I recommend it. See a view of the ruins of the side of the building.

Manicured bushes at Longwood Gardens

Sculptured bushes at Longwood Gardens. Longwood Gardens covers 1,050 acres with 20 indoor and 20 outdoor gardens and is 20 miles from Wilmington, Delaware.

Photo of yellow, timber building

Old timber buildings in Lavenham, England

Lavenham is a beautiful English town. Lavenham was a place of some importance as far back as 1257.

photo of the cliff palace at mesa verde NP

Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park

Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado.

Palais du Luxembourg

Palais du Luxembourg in Paris, France. See Curious Cat Travels – Paris photos. The Palais du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, north of the Jardin du Luxembourg.