by Natalie Jones | Dec 7, 2020 | COVID, Winter 2021
The surge of COVID-19 has, without a doubt, thrown a wrench into nearly everyone’s travel plans this year. Many of us have hardly traveled outside our hometowns since March, which is hard to believe when we live in such a connected world. Even though we may be...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 8, 2019 | Fall 2019, Happenings
Museums are known for being educational experiences. Some people might even say they are life-changing. Most museum-goers are used to viewing art or other artifacts behind glass. But have you ever been to an extremely quirky museum, one that went against the norm?...
by Stowaway Magazine | Feb 15, 2017 | Culture, Life, Winter 2017
My grandpa is Swedish; my grandma, English. Whenever his wife would start reminiscing about the glories of the motherland, my Papa, a lifelong chemist, would always reply, “But you’ll never meet an English inventor. Bunch of druids. The Swedes invent things.” Whether...
by Stowaway Magazine | Aug 31, 2012 | Fall 2012, Insider, Just The Ticket
Napoleon’s toothbrush, a chastity belt, and a collection of prosthetic limbs. If you think these would make for an interesting museum experience, you’re right. But you’ll have to go beyond the Louvre or the Smithsonian to see this display: it’s found in the Wellcome...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 30, 2011 | Features
Hear the word Norway and the first thing you may think of is a long-bearded Viking sporting a horned helmet and rough-hewn sword, lording over a fjord from the top of a cliff with the northern lights dancing behind him. This Scandinavian country, with its deep-slicing...
