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Dave Beckwith

Dave Beckwith


40 places I want to go   30 places I've been
  2. 1. Carcassonne
    France: Languedoc-Roussillon
    1 cheer     		67 people
  3. 2. Forbidden City
    China: Beijing: Dongcheng District
    2 cheers     		401 people
  4. 3. Glastonbury
    United Kingdom: Great Britain: England: Somerset
    		89 people
  5. 4. Druids Temple
    United Kingdom: Great Britain: England: North Yorkshire
    4 cheers     		8 people
  6. 5. Rennes-le-Château
    France: Languedoc-Roussillon
    1 cheer     		23 people
  7. 6. Isle Of Iona
    United Kingdom: Great Britain: Scotland: Argyll & Bute
    		43 people
  8. 7. Machu Picchu
    Peru: Cusco Region
    3 cheers     		3,460 people
  9. 8. Rosslyn Chapel
    United Kingdom: Great Britain: Scotland: Lothian: Roslin
    2 cheers     		66 people
  10. 9. Harrogate
    United Kingdom: Great Britain: England: North Yorkshire
    		5 people
  11. 10. Palace of Versailles
    France: Ile de France: Yvelines: Versailles
    1 cheer     		665 people
  12. 11. Lhasa
    China: Tibet
    1 cheer     		56 people
  13. 12. The Lake District
    United Kingdom: Great Britain: England: Cumbria
    		138 people
  14. 13. Knaresborough
    United Kingdom: Great Britain: England: North Yorkshire: Harrogate
    		1 person
  15. 14. Tappahannock
    United States: Virginia
    1 cheer     		1 person
  16. 15. Auroville
    India: South India: Tamil Nadu
    		4 people
  17. 16. Agra
    India: North India: Uttar Pradesh
    		94 people
  18. 17. Pontefract
    United Kingdom: Great Britain: England: West Yorkshire
    		2 people
  19. 18. Beijing
    China
    		1,180 people
  20. 19. Shanghai
    China
    		1,186 people
  21. 20. Hong Kong
    China
    1 cheer     		2,574 people
  22. 21. Galleria degli Uffizi
    Italy: Toscana: Firenze
    3 cheers     		71 people

Recent entries

Bowie, Maryland

American Horse Racing Heritage

Anyone interested in horseracing should find a trip to Bowie most satisfying — in particular, Belair Mansion and Stables, whose curator and guide are most informative and delightfully generous with their knowledge.

Among Belair’s bragging points are Gallant Fox, Omaha and Nashua. Selima is also associated with Belair.

The mansion, once occupied by Governor Ogle, went through many changes over the centuries. But, as the curator tells us, this museum reflects those changes, rather than trying to be true to only one particular point in time. It works particularly well in this case, since most changes tended to be improvements.

over 7 years ago

Harvard Square, Cambridge

I lived there before, and would do it again

Everyone should live here for at least one year. Four is best. Five is too much. Three is less than four but more than two.

All city and town planners should be forced to study Harvard Square. Maybe they too would become little universes unto themselves, where most anything in the world could be got within a few square blocks. Anything related to culture, that is. Riding lawn mowers might be in short supply. But if you want a book on architecture, say…well there is an entire bookstore devoted to nothing but. That sort of thing.

But the people are really what makes it a groovy place. One wonders if Brother Blue is still enchanting town and gown alike.

I take it Tracy Chapman moved on.

I have too many memories to even begin to tell them. Instead, I will just give it my highest recommendation.

over 7 years ago

Harvard Film Archive, Harvard Square

The essential collection

The collection casts deep and wide, bringing together the old, the foreign, the independent, the avant-garde, and the new and excitingly wonderful. Leger, Lumiere, Melies, Muybridge, Ray, Richter, Vigo, Vertov, Eisenstein, and the rest…

over 7 years ago
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