I'm a cultural historian, not just a journalist, ... I feel with these 'Little-Known Museums' you really get a sense of the people through it.

If I can encourage cultural understanding through what I write, I will have added something to book publishing. I know it's a lofty goal. But if I can have a mission, I would like to do that.

We were in the army, we climbed mountains, we all got to know each other better as a grade. It was an amazing bonding experience.

Travel is the alternative to war.