TWENTY-ONE QUOTES about Detroit, Michigan
The country round Detroit is as flat as can be imagined. A lady of Detroit…
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DETROIT: A visit to the Eastern market
https://youtu.be/-DLArsLEvHM A market gives a glimpse into the soul of a city. A bustling, open-air…
DETROIT: A visit to Michigan Central railway station, now restored to its former glory
https://youtu.be/sUneXH4F4qs One gets the impression that it was never as beautiful, even first time round.…
DETROIT: A visit to the former Ford Piquette plant, now a museum
https://youtu.be/LbXjPu_FhCM The red brick building where the story began would, in another town or another…
DETROIT: A visit to the Charles H Wright museum of African American history
https://youtu.be/NzgFhV5DzoM The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, located at 315 East Warren…
DETROIT: A Visit to the amazing Henry Ford museum
https://youtu.be/nHCB0e9W3kE One museum makes the journey to Detroit worthwhile. The Henry ford museum is not…
DETROIT: The Henry Ford story & the Clonakilty connection
https://youtu.be/LbXjPu_FhCM Henry Ford was born on a prosperous family farm in Springwells Township, Wayne County,…
DETROIT’s Irish history up close and personal – a visit to Corktown
https://youtu.be/CknRZ3eT1TM It is in the name: Corktown. That is where the first influx of Irish…
DETROIT: Ten things you never knew about Detroit
https://youtu.be/4UYyhq0uF4A Detroit is the cradle of techno, a genre of electronic dance music pioneered in…
DETROIT: The best instagram spots
https://youtu.be/DGoPSBy_Xuw The Guardian Building: This Art Deco skyscraper, completed in 1929, features a colourful interior…
DETROIT: The city’s best known churches
https://youtu.be/K7w04lYcoYs Ste. Anne de Detroit Catholic Church: Founded in 1701 by French settlers, this Gothic…
DETROIT: Fifteen places to dine in the city & what you will find on Motown menus
https://youtu.be/zrg3AgV_ujM Fine dining: The Whitney: Housed in a historic 1890s mansion, this restaurant serves classic…
DETROIT: The architecture of Motown & legacy of Minoru Yamasaki
https://youtu.be/H6DJpanoHdw One Woodward Avenue:This building, completed in 1963, is a prime example of Minoru Yamasaki’s…
DETROIT: The city’s most prominent works of public art
https://youtu.be/DGoPSBy_Xuw Detroit Industry Murals (Diego Rivera): Created in 1932–1933 by Diego Rivera, these frescoes in…
DETROIT: Where to find Motown’s best murals & street art
https://youtu.be/ufEan4sK-KY Detroit Industry Murals (Diego Rivera): Created in 1932–1933 by Diego Rivera, these frescoes in…
DETROIT: The story of the world’s first ever set of traffic lights
https://youtu.be/z5FhBJFOV6g Detroit became the first city to install a four-way, three-colour (red, amber, green) traffic…
PRESS TRIP: Vitoria-Gasteiz hosts Irish media in the Basque country
Sara Rivero of the Spanish Tourist Board, Carissa Casey of Woman’s Way, Cathy Mullan of…
JUST BACK FROM: Lebo’s tuk-tuk tour of Soweto
https://youtu.be/uupu1z7EQ6E Gallery: South Africa and Indaba 2025 The Apartheid era South African Tourist Board Pamphlet, March…
JUST BACK FROM: Sun City Resort in South Africa’s North West Province
https://youtu.be/AxUy2OkEXkU Gallery: South Africa and Indaba 2025 Six stars at Sun City – the Palace…
JUST BACK FROM: Maharani hotel on Durban’s ‘golden mile’ beach front
https://youtu.be/bVIysdrXkaU Gallery: South Africa and Indaba 2025 f you were looking for the definition of…
JUST BACK FROM: Historic Inanda Township near Durban, KZN
https://youtu.be/8c-Uy4fjKho Gallery: South Africa and Indaba 2025 Visitors to Inanda Township, 21 kilometres northwest of…
JUST BACK FROM: The Queensland coast & the world’s largest sand island
The far famed Fraser Coast region in Queensland, Australia, is enticing from first sight. The…
JUST BACK FROM: Newport Rhode Island
Karen Flippo tour guide Breakers Gilded not gold. Mark Twain, Samuel Clemens (1835-1910), the great…
JUST BACK FROM: Boston Museum of Fine Art
Van Gogh exhibtion at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Contemplating a grey building in…
JUST BACK FROM: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston
Here’s a not-so-hidden gem, but one that does not reveal all its plume at first…
JUST BACK FROM: View Boston panoramic tower
Botson’s meandersome river emptying into the famous bay, the seascape and the distant Cape. View…
JUST BACK FROM: Afternoon tea in Boston library
Afternoon tea at the courtyard in Boston Library was served by Holly Smith from County…
JUST BACK FROM: New Haven Connecticut
Eoghan Corry and Brynne Aidlin-Perlman, grad student and tour guide at Yale university. New Haven,…
JUST BACK FROM: Hartford, Connecticut
Eoghan Corry outside the impossibly knobby Mark Twain mansion. By Eoghan Corry It strikes me…
JUST BACK FROM: South Eastern Massachusetts
Eoghan Corry and Chris Nandi curator at Battleship Cove, the world’s largest naval ship museum,…
JUST BACK FROM: Mashantucket Pequot Museum
Jeremey Sebastian and Maurice Jackson of Pequot museum, relaying the thousands of years of indigenous…
JUST BACK FROM Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut
Eoghan Corry with Walter Ansel. Lead Shipwright at Mystic seaport museum: I The sound wil…
JUST BACK FROM: Westerly, Rhode Island
Carly Callahan of the United Theatre in Westerly, Rhode Island, and Eoghan Corry Westerly, Rhode…
JUST BACK FROM: Mystic, Connecticut
Mystic Pizza, Connecticut. Althugh not used in the film, the real-life Mystic Pizza building in…
JUST BACK FROM: Boston city in Massachusetts
ViewBoston perspective of the city.. Boston is abuzz. The South Station Tower is nearing completion…
JUST BACK FROM: Lyon in France
The rooftop of the basilica Notre-Dame of Fourvière offers a unique panorama in an historical…
Pranking press releases and other publicity stunts for April fool’s day
Hong Kong April fools joke 2018 On a day that brings out the inner prankster…
WATCH: Three ads that made tiny Eriskay in Scotland’s outer Hebrides into a tourist attraction
Eriskay’s stone-pocked soccer pitch is becoming one of the most famous in the world on…
DISCOVER Memorable Malta & TEN things to see when you get there
Malta offers an astonishing array of experiences within its compact archipelago. Visitors can explore ancient…
Galapagos, Scotland’s peatlands & Montserrat x 2, New York Times names 52 places to go in 2025
Stephen Hiltner travel editor of the New York Times The New York Times has published…