We approach Liverpool, our Travel Sunday destination, by the River Mersey. And to hear natives of Liverpool tell it, the Mersey is the only river that matters. The Mersey helped build Liverpool into a powerful port city during the 19th century as industrialization really took hold. Today, you may know Liverpool by some of the famous musicians—Beatles, cough—that got their start in a city once called ‘the New York of Europe.’
Travel Sunday: Liverpool
Today in History
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The National Museum of the American Indian
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Great cormorants
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Saint Andrews Day
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St. Patrick s Day
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Arenal Volcano, Costa Rica
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Devetashka Cave, Devetaki, Bulgaria
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Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch on the institution s 175th anniversary
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Art and soul
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Arbor Day
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Why do elephants hide in trees?
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World Lion Day
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Step into the dark
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A tribute to the ancestors
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Celebrating the first day of spring
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Listening to the sea
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Veterans Day
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In search of roadside attractions on ‘America’s Highway’
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World Rivers Day
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Womens History Month
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Big-wave hunters watch Nazaré
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Colorful cows of the reef
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Dark skies over New Mexico
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