When Vincent van Gogh was thirty-one years old, in the fall of 1883, he travelled to the bleak moors of northern Holland and stayed at a tavern in the village of Stuifzand. The local countryside was hardly inhabited then?"Locus Deserta Atque ob Multos Paludes Invia," an old map called it: "A deserted and impenetrable place of many swamps"?but a few farmers and former convicts had managed to carve Read More...
The USS Constitution is a United States Navy ship which was initially launched in 1797; it has the distinction of being the oldest commissioned naval vessel in the world still on the waters. The ship was christened by none other than President George Washington with reference to the Constitution of the USA. The principal reason for the continued functional existence of the old navy vessel is with Read More...
One of the chief attractions in the area is Mount Auburn Cemetery which is 175 acres of stunning hills, rippling ponds, gorgeous meadows and magnificent woodlands. It is also one of the most attractive and historic landscapes in America. Boston is also loaded with exceptional museums such as Fogg Museum in Harvard, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts. When you say Red Sox Read More...