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─ Videos: 136-150 of 186 Totaling 11 hours 19 minutes

Traveling with Annette - Deadwood View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Annette talks about the Wild West, and takes us to a famous gold mining town in South Dakota that was an important part of United States history.

Traveling with Annette - Erickson View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Annette visits the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon. A highlight of the collection is a plane that appeared in a very famous movie.

Traveling with Annette - Annamosa Motorcycle Museum View Series

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

USA

Annette visits a large museum devoted to motorbikes in Iowa. The collection includes not only motorcycles, but also fascinating memorabilia.

Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 1 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Sigrid traveled back to the U.S. recently to visit her family. She talks about her trip and takes some "detours" to share what she learned about some of the places she visited. She also happened to go to Mexico, where she shot this introductory segment.

Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 2 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Sigrid describes the first part of her trip from Long Island to New Jersey, taking a moment to tell us about the famous Verrazzano Narrows Bridge.

Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 3 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Sigrid seeks to answer the question "What's a borough?" In doing so, she talks about how New York City got its start, and also about the surrounding counties that played an important role in its development. In this video, you'll see 18th- and 19th-century maps of the area.

Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 4 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

The Bronx was the first area to become part of New York City. Lying to the north and northeast of Manhattan, it was a logical addition. The quirky name of this borough has its own history.

Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 5 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

The borough of the Bronx has gotten a bad name because of issues with poverty and crime. It's also had its share of neglect and mishandling on the part of local and state administrations. However, the Bronx also has some claims to fame, such as the Bronx zoo and botanical garden.

Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 6 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

In the first of two parts, we look at Brooklyn's beginnings and how it came to be one of New York City's boroughs.

Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 7 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Sigrid talks about the different ways to get from Brooklyn to Manhattan, and about some of the characteristics of this borough. For one thing, it is more affordable than Manhattan, although by no means a cheap place to live.

Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 8 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

Having explored the Bronx and Brooklyn, Sigrid now tells us all about Queens, which is geographically speaking the largest of the 5 boroughs of New York City.

Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 9 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

To get from eastern Long Island to the city, travelers and commuters have to go through Queens, so this borough naturally became a very important transit hub, with Jamaica at its center. It also became crisscrossed with many expressways for vehicles.

Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 10 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

It's time to have a look at Staten Island, the 4th borough out of 5. It looks closer to New Jersey than to the rest of New York City and has some other peculiarities.

Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 11 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

We've finally made it to Manhattan, the smallest but most densely populated borough. When we think of New York City, Manhattan is more often than not what comes to mind. This is part 1.

Traveling with Sigrid - Exploring Long Island, NY and Princeton, NJ - Part 12 View Series View This Episode

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

USA

In part 2 about the borough of Manhattan, Sigrid completes her overview of all 5 boroughs of New York City. She talks about some nicknames for New York City, including "the Big Apple."

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