Susan B. Anthony

Susan B. Anthony was a champion for women’s rights in America. When she was a child, her Quaker parents wanted to send her to school, but when the teacher refused to teach girls long division, her family hired a private tutor to teach her and other girls. She grew up Read more

Porsche Museum

Stuttgart is home to two automotive legends – Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. Both have museums there. The two companies worked closely together in 1991-1994 to produce the Mercedes 500E, the super sports sedan of its era. It was based on a Mercedes E-class designed for a smaller straight-six engine. Mercedes didn’t Read more

Mercedes-Benz Museum

Stuttgart is home to two automotive legends – Mercedes-Benz and Porsche. Both have museums there. The two companies worked closely together in 1991-1994 to produce the Mercedes 500E, the super sports sedan of its era. It was based on a Mercedes E-class designed for a smaller straight-six engine. Mercedes didn’t Read more

Beaty Biodiversity Museum

Housed in a deceiving small building, the Beaty Biodiversity Museum is home to a large cavernous underground exhibition area – in part to prevent direct sunlight from its collections and in part to allow for more open space on ground level. Its flagship exhibit is of course the huge blue Read more

Dynamic Earth

Sudbury is known to be the world’s largest producer of nickel in the 20th century, producing over 90% of the world’s nickel supply for stainless steel. Other metals such as palladium, copper, and gold are also found in its igneous rock. Dynamic Earth, sponsored by mining companies in the region, Read more