Before you get too excited, no, it is not a museum of hammers. When I first saw the museum in Los Angeles’ Westwood area, I thought how great to have a museum on hammers – battle hammers or maybe even Thor’s Hammers!

Alas, that was not the case, but you should visit it anyway …

Snap-Apple Night, was painted by Irish artist Daniel Maclise in 1833. Supposedly he painted this after attending a Halloween party in Blarney, Ireland, in 1832. The group on the left are playing divination games. The group in the middle are playing “Snap Apple”, a game where an apple dangles from a …

If you are filled with the D.C. Beltway Blues, or are tired of all the big-city grime, crime, and lack-of-time, then a trip to the Marriott Ranch might be just the escape you need.

About 45 miles outside the beltway, Marriott Ranch is a working cattle ranch in the foothills of the Blue Ridge …