Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc

South London-based blog, Deserter, is an alt guide to living and loafing in the wonky wonderland south of the river.

Profusely illustrated by contemporary photographs and numerous maps, the narrative supplemented by a number of first hand accounts; the whole is supported by several walking and car tours.

From Barnet to Richmond, explore the history of London's Metro-Land A Guide to Modernism in Metro-Land is your essential pocket guide to the modernist architecture of London's suburbs.

Before there were guidebooks, there were just guidespeople in the community you could count on to show you around.

Make your journey to the Holy Land a richer experience.

A look inside the oldest museum in the United StatesSince its founding in 1773, the Charleston Museum has served as a mecca of learning and discovery.

A look inside the oldest museum in the United StatesSince its founding in 1773, the Charleston Museum has served as a mecca of learning and discovery.

The 1917 Battle of Cambrai featured the first massed tank attack in military history and provoked the biggest German counter-attack against the British since 1914.

The 1917 Battle of Cambrai featured the first massed tank attack in military history and provoked the biggest German counter-attack against the British since 1914.