About the Travel Guide
- Want to hear about the latest travel guide articles? Subscribe to our RSS feed for regular updates.
- Would you like to contribute a new article? To get started, please check out our style guide for contributors and do not hesitate to contact us. We're always looking for new contributions. Be sure to check out the world map of all our articles.
- Want to know more about the society itself? Check out our main website.
Exeter History Pamphlet
Be sure to check out our Exeter History Travel Pamphlet [pdf, 2.2Mb] produced especially for our 2011 Annual Conference in Exeter.
Places
- Europe (95)
- Austria (2)
- Czech Republic (2)
- Denmark (3)
- France (6)
- Germany (1)
- Greece (3)
- Hungary (1)
- Italy (3)
- Netherlands (2)
- Poland (1)
- Spain (4)
- Sweden (3)
- Switzerland (1)
- United Kingdom (62)
- England (56)
- Northern Ireland (1)
- Scotland (4)
- Wales (2)
- Fairyland (1)
- North America (26)
- Mexico (8)
- United States of America (18)
- Europe (95)
Keywords
archaeology archives art astronomy astrophysics biology blue plaque buildings Cambridge cathedral chemistry collection darwin District of Columbia education engineering food technology geology industrial institution laboratory library london manchester marine maritime mathematics medicine mexico museum national museum natural history observatory ocean paris Philadelphia philosophy physics religion residence science technology University victorian yorkshireLinks
We’re on…
Meta
Category Archives: Scotland
Following in the footsteps of James Smithson
This article was originally published on “O Say Can You See?”, the blog of the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institution, and has been reproduced here with the generous permission of the author, Steven Turner. Somewhat … Continue reading
Posted in England, Europe, North America, Scotland, United Kingdom, United States of America Tagged edinburgh, geology, inveraray, leadhills, london, mull, museum, national museum, natural history, northwich, Smithsonian, washington dc Leave a comment
Darwin and Glen Roy, Scotland
This article is © The Darwin Correspondence Project, University of Cambridge and is used with permission. The original article appears at http://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/darwin-glen-roy along with links to the full text of Darwin letters concerning Glen Roy. The Darwin Project Glen Roy … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Scotland, United Kingdom Tagged darwin, geology, marine, natural history Leave a comment
William Denny & Brothers Test Tank, Dumbarton, Scotland
Few buildings along the famous River Clyde region of Scotland figure as importantly to the history of shipbuilding, naval science and the British maritime empire than the small and innocuous brick structure that holds the Denny test tank: the world’s … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Scotland, United Kingdom Tagged engineering, industrial, laboratory, maritime, museum, naval, victorian Leave a comment
Camera Obscura, Edinburgh
Edinburgh’s Camera Obscura is a building located at the far western end of Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, close to Edinburgh Castle, in the Scottish capital’s Old Town. Currently a tourist attraction featuring a “world of illusions,” the Camera Obscura should interest … Continue reading