Travel around the world in under a day at Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg – the world’s largest model railway. Stride like Gulliver through an ever-expanding miniature world that includes Europe, the United States, and soon South America.
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Love and passports
We’re Michael and Therese, and we want to inspire your travel dreams with our experience, curiosity, and award-winning photos and stories. Our travel includes all seven continents, 46 countries (and counting) and all 50 states in the United States. We love guiding you to off-the-beaten-path destinations and offering useful travel tips along the way. If you’re seeking more immersive and meaningful travel, and hidden gems or local secrets, even at popular travel destinations, you’ll find them here.
Travel Adventures
Yolo County wines: casual California wine country secret
Yolo County wines are an insider secret, hidden in plain view just west of Sacramento in the California wine country. Discover a rural atmosphere and tasty, award-winning wines with a howdy kind of welcome.
Danube cycle path – biking the Danube from Regensburg to Vienna
The Danube cycle path from Regensburg, Germany to Vienna, Austria, is a very popular and classic cycling route for a reason – mostly flat bike paths beside a very scenic section of the Danube River.
Travel Tips & Resources
7 basic night photo tips for photographing the Milky Way
Photographing the Milky Way is an art, but one that will reap great rewards and satisfaction for you. Read these basic night photo tips for gear, accessories, and settings to get you started.
Stargazing tips: dark skies, stargazing apps, and proper gear
From the best stargazing apps to unforgettable stargazing locations and Dark Sky preserves, we share stargazing tips that will make your next stargazing adventure memorable.
Important tips for traveling internationally when vaccinated
Traveling internationally when vaccinated requires forms, tests, research about countries’ requirements and a lot of flexibility. Here are our tips for traveling during Covid from our personal experience.
Where will your dreams take you?
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5 stories you’ll find useful
>>Top hotel safety tips: Your hotel room safety is important
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Where will your dreams take you?
Our 5 Most Popular Stories
>>The best railbike adventures: Find railbikes near me
>>What Chernobyl looks like today: The Chernobyl disaster in photos
>>Visit Camano Island Washington through the eyes of locals
>>Why I love Kenya: For 43 years I dreamed of returning
>>Visit Winters: California wines, cuisine, and, a side of adventure
5 stories you’ll find useful
>>Top hotel safety tips: Your hotel room safety is important
>>Five tips for staying warm in Antarctica
>>8 ways to communicate when traveling in a foreign country
>>Road trip safety essentials for travel during COVID-19
>>Cajun cooking class with Spuddy: Real Cajun gumbo recipe