Author: Wandering Jana

No comments

Wandering Charleston

  By Wandering Jana December 13, 2024 December 2, 2024 Blog, Modern World, Museums, South Carolina, United States, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explore a southern city known for its unique houses, cobblestone streets and Fort Sumter (which I didn’t visit). Continue reading

No comments

Cathedral Caverns

  By Wandering Jana December 6, 2024 December 13, 2024 Alabama, Blog, National Parks/Public Lands, United States, Updates from the Road

Explorations of a cave that really lives up to its name.  Continue reading

2 Comments

Lookout Mountain

  By Wandering Jana November 22, 2024 December 6, 2024 Alabama, Blog, Georgia, National Parks/Public Lands, Tennessee, United States, Updates from the Road

One mountain, three states, and a whole lot to see.  Continue reading

No comments

The Appalachians of Georgia

  By Wandering Jana November 8, 2024 November 28, 2024 Blog, Georgia, National Parks/Public Lands, United States, Updates from the Road

All the gorgeousness of the Appalachians all the way down in Georgia.  Continue reading

No comments

Wandering Savannah

  By Wandering Jana November 1, 2024 November 8, 2024 Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Georgia, Modern World, Museums, United States, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of Georgia’s oldest city, known for its southern charm. Continue reading

No comments

Congaree

  By Wandering Jana October 25, 2024 November 1, 2024 Blog, National Parks/Public Lands, South Carolina, United States, Updates from the Road

Explorations of one of America’s forgotten National Parks. Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Bergamo

  By Wandering Jana October 18, 2024 October 25, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a city with gorgeous churches, multiple fortifications and view of the Alps.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Milan

  By Wandering Jana October 10, 2024 October 18, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Castles!, Europe, Hidden History, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of one of Italy’s largest cities that for some reason I keep going back to.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Pavia

  By Wandering Jana October 4, 2024 October 10, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a former capital city in Italy.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Museo di Santa Giulia

  By Wandering Jana September 24, 2024 October 4, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Hidden History, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road

Explorations of a UNESCO world heritage site where the ancient world meets the medieval world and beyond.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Brescia

  By Wandering Jana September 20, 2024 September 24, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

A northern Italian city with ancient ruins, a UNESCO monastic complex, and even a castle!  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Bologna

  By Wandering Jana September 13, 2024 September 21, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a medieval city known for its grand towers, churches, and porticos! Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Ferrara

  By Wandering Jana September 6, 2024 September 13, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Cemeteries and Tombs, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explore a city so lovely that it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Pistoia

  By Wandering Jana August 30, 2024 September 6, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a gorgeous medieval Tuscan city.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Prato

  By Wandering Jana August 23, 2024 August 30, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a small Tuscan city not far from Florence. Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Arezzo

  By Wandering Jana August 16, 2024 August 23, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a lesser known, but still gorgeous, Tuscan city. Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Perugia

  By Wandering Jana August 9, 2024 August 16, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explore a hilltop city complete with medieval buildings, churches and gorgeous views.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Assisi

  By Wandering Jana August 2, 2024 September 4, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a city made famous by its saintly son.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Orvieto

  By Wandering Jana July 30, 2024 August 4, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Hidden History, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of an Umbrian city high above the countryside. Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Herculaneum

  By Wandering Jana July 26, 2024 September 4, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Europe, Italy, Museums, Naples, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of one of the other ancient cities buried by Vesuvius. Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Pompeii

  By Wandering Jana July 17, 2024 September 4, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Europe, Italy, Museums, Naples, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Ancient streets, ancient ruins and ancient art, explore the famous buried city of Pompeii! Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Naples

  By Wandering Jana July 12, 2024 September 4, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Museums, Naples, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Another visit to the amazing city of Naples. Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Monopoli

  By Wandering Jana July 2, 2024 July 12, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a gorgeous city on the Adriatic Sea. Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Ostuni

  By Wandering Jana June 28, 2024 July 2, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

 Explorations of Apulia’s White City! Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Alberobello

  By Wandering Jana June 25, 2024 September 4, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Hidden History, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explore the home of the trulli! Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Bari

  By Wandering Jana June 21, 2024 September 4, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Hidden History, Italy, Modern World, Museums, Updates from the Road

Explorations of a port city on the Adriatic Sea and the final resting place of Ole St. Nick. Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Lecce

  By Wandering Jana June 14, 2024 June 21, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a Baroque city built in stone.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Altamura

  By Wandering Jana June 3, 2024 June 14, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a small Southern Italian city few have heard about.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Matera

  By Wandering Jana May 31, 2024 September 4, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Hidden History, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a city where people built their houses in caves! Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Scilla

  By Wandering Jana May 28, 2024 May 31, 2024 Blog, Castles!, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a small town perched by the edge of the sea.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Messina

  By Wandering Jana May 24, 2024 May 28, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a harbor city where Sicily and mainland Italy meet. Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Catania

  By Wandering Jana May 15, 2024 May 24, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Castles!, Cemeteries and Tombs, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a Baroque city at the foot of Mt. Etna.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Ragusa

  By Wandering Jana May 10, 2024 May 15, 2024 Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a Southeastern Sicilian city perched on top of two hills.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Ostia Antica

  By Wandering Jana May 3, 2024 May 10, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Europe, Hidden History, Italy, Museums, Rome, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of the ruins of Rome’s ancient port! Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Rome, Again, Part 2

  By Wandering Jana April 25, 2024 September 4, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Rome, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Wandering

My obsession with Rome is starting to get a bit ridiculous.  Continue reading

No comments

Italia: Wandering Rome, Again

  By Wandering Jana April 17, 2024 September 4, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Early Modern World, Europe, Italy, Medieval World, Modern World, Museums, Rome, UNESCO, Updates from the Road, Vatican City, Wandering

A fifth visit to the Eternal City.  Continue reading

No comments

Jekyll Island

  By Wandering Jana February 9, 2024 April 17, 2024 Blog, Georgia, Modern World, National Parks/Public Lands, United States, Updates from the Road

Explorations of one of Georgia’s Golden Isles! Continue reading

No comments

Gulf Islands

  By Wandering Jana February 2, 2024 February 10, 2024 Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Florida, Mississippi, Modern World, National Parks/Public Lands, United States, Updates from the Road

Sandy beaches, ruined fortifications and alligators, explore Gulf Islands National Seashore! Continue reading

No comments

Dauphin Island

  By Wandering Jana January 12, 2024 October 30, 2024 Alabama, Blog, National Parks/Public Lands, United States, Updates from the Road

Off the Gulf Coast of Alabama is an island steeped in history.  Continue reading

One Comment

Cemeteries of New Orleans

  By Wandering Jana January 5, 2024 February 7, 2024 Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Louisiana, United States, Updates from the Road

One cannot go to New Orleans without exploring its unique cemeteries, at least I can’t. Continue reading

3 Comments

Wandering the French Quarter

  By Wandering Jana December 14, 2023 January 5, 2024 Blog, Hidden History, Louisiana, Modern World, Museums, United States, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of the most famous neighborhood of New Orleans. Continue reading

No comments

Wandering Baton Rouge

  By Wandering Jana December 7, 2023 December 14, 2023 Blog, Louisiana, Modern World, Museums, State Capitol Buildings, United States, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of the capital city of Louisiana! Continue reading

No comments

Poverty Point

  By Wandering Jana November 3, 2023 September 4, 2024 Ancient World, Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Hidden History, Louisiana, Museums, National Parks/Public Lands, UNESCO, United States, Updates from the Road

Check out a mysterious ancient culture and the 3,000-year-old mounds they left behind. Continue reading

No comments

French Illinois

  By Wandering Jana October 27, 2023 October 22, 2023 Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Early Modern World, Hidden History, Illinois, Modern World, Museums, National Parks/Public Lands, United States

The French were not just in Louisiana. They were all along the Mississippi.  Continue reading

No comments

Piney Creek

  By Wandering Jana October 20, 2023 November 3, 2023 Blog, Illinois, National Parks/Public Lands, United States, Updates from the Road

This post has a lot of fungus in it. I’m not sorry. Continue reading

No comments

Wandering St. Louisish, Part 2

  By Wandering Jana September 29, 2023 October 20, 2023 Blog, Missouri, Modern World, National Parks/Public Lands, St. Louis, United States, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Even more explorations of a bunch of places in St. Louis and its suburbs.  Continue reading

No comments

Wandering St. Louisish

  By Wandering Jana September 22, 2023 September 29, 2023 Blog, Missouri, Modern World, Museums, National Parks/Public Lands, St. Louis, United States, Updates from the Road, Wandering

Explorations of a bunch of places in St. Louis and its suburbs.  Continue reading

No comments

More Ozarking

  By Wandering Jana September 15, 2023 November 17, 2024 Blog, Missouri, National Parks/Public Lands, The Ozarks, United States, Updates from the Road

More explorations of the Ozarks of Missouri! Continue reading

No comments

Missouri State Penitentiary

  By Wandering Jana September 8, 2023 September 15, 2023 Blog, Hidden History, Missouri, Modern World, Museums, The Ozarks, United States, Updates from the Road

Tour a really creepy old prison in the middle of Missouri’s capital.  Continue reading

No comments

Land Between the Lakes

  By Wandering Jana September 1, 2023 September 8, 2023 Blog, Cemeteries and Tombs, Kentucky, Modern World, National Parks/Public Lands, Tennessee, United States, Updates from the Road

A unique geographic area with a unique kind of park.  Continue reading