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"To the right, above the Geological Department, is the Mineralogical Collection, which contains a most extensive array [understatement] of minerals, meteorites, etc. To the right and left of the entrance are cases containing different varieties of marble and granite. Among the most remember objects in the other cases are a unique crystalline mass ( Read more... )

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Hylton Castle, in Sunderland, featured in Season one of Time Team. I totally had to check it out

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Almost done with my Victorian Britain holiday and I feel like I've seen everything relevant to that time: blatant on-stage racism, doctor's vibrators, drug addicted populace, the Royal Courts of Justice, various ancient buildings, Sandringham, an original camera obscura, and the genius of Brunel... everything, except for a bear baiting, which at ( Read more... )

In about 24 hours, my fortnight sojourn begins to Great Britain, and I will be using guidebooks printed during the Victorian era. It shall be an enjoyable time. The Victorian Era was a simpler time... gender roles were traditional, the class system was in full force, the Industrial revolution was underway, the sun never set on the British Empire, ( Read more... )

By HON. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.

There are in every community young men to whom life at the desk or behind the counter is unutterably dreary and unattractive, and who long for some out-of-door occupation which shall, if possible, contain a spice of excitement. These young men can be divided into two classes-first, those who, if they get a chance to try ( Read more... )

First, the last: Attempting to fly to London RT for Approx. $300 from bidding on priceline. So far, not successful. Nor am I expecting it to be. However, if my fare is accepted, I will go ( Read more... )