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Confronting Horror: Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
Phnom Penh, Cambodia by Lee Beavington Rusted barbed wire crowns the two walls that enclose the dilapidated school. … [Read More...]
Wall Poems in Leiden, Holland
The Words of the Poet Are Written On Sleutelstaat Walls by Giuseppe Raudino As I walked in the historic center of … [Read More...]
Off the Beaten Path in Portugal
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Utah is one of the most rewarding destinations for a road trip in the United States. From towering red rock formations … [Read More...]
A Travel Through History in Helsinki, Finland
by Marc Latham After walking half-way around an island on the edge of Helsinki I thought the buildings ahead looked … [Read More...]
New Life In Old Guatemala
by Jonathon Engels In 1541, the crater atop the volcano just south of my apartment collapsed, and the deluge of … [Read More...]
Excavating an 18th Century Cemetery
Melancholy and a Dirt-Wrapped Surprise in Antigua, West Indies by Asja Major I sit crouched in a dirt pit. The … [Read More...]
Walking Around Half The World
Isfahan, Iran by Neil Middleton Isfahan nesf-e-Jahan: Isfahan is half the world. I'd had this old saying ringing in … [Read More...]
Italy: Truffle Shuffle in Tuscany
by Peppa Martin What faithfully happens, as summer turns to autumn in Tuscany, is that people come down with a … [Read More...]
A Child’s Christmas in Wales: Memories of Dylan Thomas in Swansea
by W. Ruth Kozak One Christmas was so much like another, In those years around the sea-town corner now And out of … [Read More...]
Germany: Ivory is Art in Erbach
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