La Habana Vieja, Havana (Cuba) – Old Havana (extended version)
La Habana Vieja is the proper name for the central neighborhood Old Havana in Havana, Cuba. If you visit Havana for the first time, this is where need to go. If you’ve visited…
Virginia Dale – In A Colorado Minute (Week 361)
The small community of Virginia Dale, Colorado, has a very significant claim to fame: the last remaining stage station of the Overland Trail! The Virginia Dale stage station was established in 1962 by…
Centro Habana, Havana (Cuba) – In Another Minute (330)
Centro Habana is one of the oldest quarters in Havana, Cuba. As the name implies, it’s located in the center of the city – just west of La Habana Vieja (Old Havana). Some…
Rio Street Art (Brazil) – In Another Minute (328)
Rio street art is rather different from the European and North American street art I’ve shared in this video series before. Although, there is some overlap in style, for example when looking at…
Trinidad de Cuba (extended version)
Trinidad de Cuba is a town in central Cuba, near the Caribbean coast on the south side of the island. Trinidad de Cuba lies in the Sancti Spíritus province, close to the Caribbean…
Malecón, Havana (Cuba) – In Another Minute (Week 316)
The Malecón in Havana is both a broad street and seawall along the north shore of the city, west of the Havana Harbor entrance. The 5-mile (8 km) stretch is popular day and…
Governors Island – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 109)
Governors Island, nestled snugly between Brooklyn and Manhattan*, is one of those magical unreachable places that you get to see from afar for years and then finally you find a way in (or it’s opened…
Flushing Meadows World’s Fair (Queens) – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 90)
Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens hosted the World Fair in 1939/40 and 1964/65 and still features several iconic and slightly extraterrestrial seeming structures left from those fairs. Among the structures at the Flushing…
