Travels with Twain

The most famous and beloved travel writer America ever produced once confessed to a reporter that he didn’t even like travelling that much. He was born Samuel Clemens in Florida, Missouri 175 years ago,  but when, as Mark Twain, he landed by steamer ship or at rail stations at various ports and crossings around the world, he was known simply as The American. In the late 19th century, Twain travelled […]

 

 
 
 

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – The tattoo parlour in the Stockholm neighbourhood where The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo lives is abuzz with the sounds of sharp instruments puncturing flesh.

 

 
 
 

To Kill a Mockingbird

MONROEVILLE, ALABAMA—Sightings of Harper Lee who has given this Alabama town worldwide recognition are rare in the place she made famous.

 

In the footsteps of Chinese migrants arriving in the U.S. - Angel Island, California

Angel Island, CALIFORNIA — Documentary filmmaker Eddie Wong thought he had discovered something unusual to show his father when he went to Angel Island in 1971