SimplyWonderfulWorld

Quebec City's origins date back to 1608 when Samuel de Champlain started a trading post here. In a very short time, the post became a fortified settlement with numerous men and women traveling from France to begin their lives in the New World. Skilled craftsmen plied their trade along the St. Lawrence River and the settlement grew. This region was then known as New France and founded by the French to stake their claim in the New World.

The old city of Merida, Mexico is the perfect choice for the history travelers looking to escape the winter. If is wasn't for the occasional thump of a coconut falling to the ground or the sight of  iguanas scurrying along stone garden walls, you'd swear you were in one of the great cities. There are many places to stay in Merida and it's cheaper than the resorts of the Yucatan Peninsula. From here, it's a quick bus ride to the beaches on the Gulf.

Yunak Evleri is a combination of six cave houses with a total of 30 private cave rooms dating back to the 5th and 6th centuries and crowned with a 19th century Greek Mansion. 

Ah Hawaii. Who can say the name without feeling its fresh tropical breezes and the scent of frangipani in the air? Its beauty is breathtaking and even though tourism to Hawaii is becoming more and more popular, the islands haven't been spoiled by it.  Sleepy villages, mountain ranges, hibiscus covered colonial homes, the bright clean sea and the easy life is still here and the island group is like a handful of jewels in a sparkling sea.

In 122AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian ordered a wall built across the northern reaches of the Roman territory in what was then known as Britannia. The wall of stone and turf was 73 miles long, 8 feet wide in most places and 15 feet high and it stretched across the breadth of Britain. It took six years to complete. It’s a line between what is now Newcastle and Carlisle.