Our Multimedia Library
Resources For People Who Love To Travel
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Stories of Scotland
This podcast highlights everything from Scotland’s historic sites, to politics and nature, and stories of ghosts and witchcraft.
Timeline JS
A free, open-source tool that lets users create beautiful interactive timelines to use for travel studies.
Sounds of the Forest
A collection of forest and woodland sounds from all over the world…choose your listening location from the website’s map.
Drive & Listen
Drive through the streets of 50 cities around the world and listen to local radio or sounds from the street.
Atlas Obscura
Excellent site for travel inspiration and destination ideas with an interesting community offering a wealth of information about our world.
Flyover Country App
App to use from the window seat of a plane or for road trips or hikes that shows geological, geographical, and meteorological information in addition to flight tracking.
Google Arts and Culture
Virtual tours of museums and galleries, and a treasure trove of articles on the arts.
Maps of Our World App
Free app to study and quiz yourself with maps of the world, appropriate for beginners to experts.
Minecraft: Education Edition (History & Culture)
An inspiring resource for Minecraft players to learn more about the architecture and history of their travel destinations. Find lesson plans about building landmarks, cities, and more. There are also some prebuilt historic places to explore and build in.
Rome: A Virtual Tour of the Ancient City
A free five week course touring the ancient city of Rome using a 3D digital model.
Seterra Online
Online mapping resource which features quiz-based games to help teach country and state identification. Games provide scoring which leads to competition to see how well you do compared to others in your class / household.
PBS- Cathedral, David Macaulay
Documentary using both animation and live action to bring to life David Macaulay’s excellent book Cathedrals to learn about how and why they were made.
Africam
Become a wildlife enthusiast by watching these live streams of animals in the African bush. You can see elephants, leopards, lions, crocodiles, impalas and much more!
Cascadia
Listen to Cascadia (2019) by Said the Whale (an alternative rock band from Vancouver, Canada), which references locations around North America’s Pacific Northwest and proposes the country of Cascadia.
Roadtrippers
Make the most of your American or Canadian road trip with a vast database of points-of-interest (restaurants, attractions, etc.), snippets of historical and practical information, and an interactive route planner.
Roadside America
Read historical accounts of silly roadside attractions in the United States and Canada; save them to your online account.
World Heritage Journey
A pair of Australian travel bloggers on an ambitious journey to document all 1,121 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and produce a brief documentary on each site.
The Food Timeline
An enormous compendium of historical recipes and information about the history of food.
The Saga Museum
Learn about the history and culture of Iceland on the Saga Museum website.
GeologyWriter.com
The website of Seattle based geologist, naturalist, and historian, David B. Williams. Read his articles, blog posts, and books or sign up for one of his interesting tours of Seattle, which he is currently hosting virtually.
Native Land
Website and app that allows us to learn who the indigenous people were/are in a particular area. We can learn more about the territories, treaties and languages of many regions around the world.
Nick on the Rocks
Plan a trip to Washington with Nick on the Rocks by learning about the geology of the state through short videos.
Shakespeare: Print and Performance
A free online class about Shakespeare both in print and online with a focus on the Globe Theater.
Many Faces: Understanding the Complexities of Chinese Culture
Free online course exploring the culture of modern China.
TOTA- Connecting People Through Culture
Not sure where to go on your next trip? Go here! A very inspiring and informative website gathering high quality articles about cultures of our world.
How To Dance A Polka
Short tutorial teaching the Polka so you’ll be ready to kick up your heels on your next trip.
Why The Greeks Could Hear Plays From the Back Row
Scientific explanation of the acoustics of the amphitheater at Epidavros, and by extension other ancient theaters of the Greco-Roman world.
Princess Mononoke
The animation and anime of Japan is at its best with Hayao Miyazaki’s “Princess Mononoke”.
The Instruments and History of Irish Music
Lecture and performances by American academics and musicians about the history of Irish music.
