Mastadon skeletons at Florida Museum of Natural History

Florida Museum of Natural History

Watch our video slideshow of photos taken at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, Florida. If you would like to create a video slideshow of your own photos click here. Giant elephants used to live in Florida. That’s one of the first things you learn upon entering the Florida Museum of Natural History [...]

July 23, 2011
Silver Springs entry way

Silver Springs

  Silver Springs in Ocala, Florida is marketed as “Nature’s Theme Park” and it definitely lives up to its slogan. Filled with wild animal exhibits and glass-bottomed boat rides over some of Florida’s most amazing crystal-clear springs, a day in this park brings you much closer to “wild” Florida than any other park in the [...]

July 25, 2007
Poe Springs Turtles

Poe Springs & Rum Island

Poe Springs, located in High Springs, Florida near Gainesville, is a county park and natural wonder that serves as the gateway to other natural wonders such as Lilly Springs and Rum Island Springs all reachable by canoe which you can rent from the park. Home to a great variety of wildlife and plant life, you’ll definitely [...]

July 23, 2007
Coliseum in Rome, Italy

Tour of Italy: Rome (Day 1)

As I peered out the window of the plane on our final descent into Rome, I noticed an oval-shaped building far below. “Oh wow,” I thought, “that’s the Coliseum.” Having just watched Gladiator days before, the Coliseum was an unmistakable landmark in the Roman cityscape and definitely one of my most anticipated destinations in the [...]

March 5, 2007
Aerial view of the Etowah Mounds site in Cartersville, GA

Georgia’s Ancient Indian Cities

Come along with me as I explore Georgia’s Native American heritage at such sites as the Sapelo Shell Ring Complex, Rock Eagle effigy mound, Fort Mountain stone wall, Kolomoki Mounds, Ocmulgee Mounds and Etowah Mounds.

July 21, 2004
Sunrise at Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Angkor Wat was built in the 12th century as the capital and state temple for the god-king Suryavarman II. Amazingly, it has been used continuously as a religious temple ever since, first as a Hindu temple and now as Buddhist temple.

June 22, 2002
Kuala Lumpur City Center at night

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Spend a day walking around Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The city has a lot of charm not to mention amazing food and beautiful parks.

June 22, 2002