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By Victor Block

In 1693 the king of Spain issued a decree stating that anyone who moved from a Protestant colony in the New World to a Catholic settlement must be accepted and protected. At the time, the population of St. Augustine, Florida, included about 100 Black people who enjoyed rights equal to their European neighbors.

Men from ...Read more

By Victor Block

A new exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science is attracting both city residents and visitors interested in seeing one of the most exciting paleontologists' finds in recent years. This is the partial skeleton of a juvenile Tyrannosaurus Rex, a dinosaur which experts tell us lived about 67 million years ago and ...Read more

By Victor Block

Erik and Ingrid Olson were excited to be exploring their family's Norwegian heritage. They were visiting a late-19th-century village and checking out log homes, a Lutheran church, a one-room schoolhouse and other traditional structures. A museum added to their immersion in local lore with collections of documents, history...Read more

By Bonnie and Bill Neely

On a recent trip to the Kennedy Space Center we arrived just after sunrise even though the park wouldn't open until 9. We wanted to make sure we could get it all in by closing time at 5 p.m., and there was already a long line. We picked up a daily schedule as we passed through the entrance, which enabled us to ...Read more

By Victor Block

It had been two decades since my wife, Fyllis, and I visited the British Virgin Islands. On that visit we checked out the inviting beaches, visited historic and nature-made sites, and oohed and aahed at the magnificent scenery.

During our recent return trip there, we relived those experiences. We also enjoyed others that...Read more

By Fyllis Hockman

Most travelers who have heard of the British Virgin Islands are familiar with Tortola and maybe even Jost Van Dyke and Virgin Gorda. Almost no one, however, has ever heard of Anegada. Which is a shame because it has so much to recommend it.

For starters, it has multiple beautiful beaches with soft white sand and azure ...Read more