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Visiting the Kentucky Derby Museum, Louisville: Hours, ticket prices and visitor tips

The Kentucky Derby Museum is a cultural and sporting history museum located next to Churchill Downs Racetrack at 704 Central Avenue in Louisville, Kentucky. This guide provides practical planning details including opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, visit duration, practical tips and frequently…

The National Football Museum in Manchester, England.

National Football Museum, Manchester: Ticket prices, hours & visitor guide (2026)

Score big at the home of the beautiful game with this 2026 guide to ticket prices, penalty shootouts, and the best exhibits at Manchester's National Football Museum. When I walked into the Urbis building in Manchester, I expected a dry collection of old shirts and…

The MCG is Australia's largest sports stadium.

I walked to the MCG, then took a tour of Australia’s largest stadium

A review of what I found interesting on the tour of the Melbourne Cricket Ground - plus the practical details on how to book it yourself when visiting Melbourne. Yarra River walk and Birrarung Marr The walk along the Yarra River is considerably nicer than…

Camels in training at Al Lisaili in Dubai.

Watching camels train for races in Dubai

Camel racing in Dubai offers a unique glimpse into Emirati culture, blending modern technology with Bedouin heritage. At Al Lisaili camel race track, dawn training sessions reveal this unusual sport in action. Dawn training at Al Lisaili camel race track Dawn breaks over Al Lisaili…

19 great reasons to visit Munich, Bavaria

Munich, Germany, ranks among Europe's top destinations for overseas travellers. And it's justified. Here are just 19 reasons why... Englischer Garten: World class urban paradise An arguably unbeatable contender for the title of the world's greatest urban green space, Munich's primary natural lung is way…

The stained glass dome at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto.

How to get cheaper tickets to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto

For hard-to-explain reasons, it’s cheaper to book Hockey Hall of Fame tickets through a third party. To skip the explanation, and get Hockey Hall of Fame tickets without the processing fee, head this way. An investigation into ticket prices I really hadn’t intended to write…

The Bergisel ski jump in Innsbruck, Austria.

Is the Bergisel ski jump in Innsbruck worth the entry fee?

The Bergisel ski jump in Innsbruck is worth the entry fee – but it’s not one of the city’s must-sees. Is the Bergisel ski jump worth the entry fee? Summarised The Bergisel entry fee is €12. The views of Innsbruck and the Alps are spectacular.…

Selecting a bat at the Wood Bat Factory batting cages in Cooperstown, New York.

How much does a baseball hurt when it hits you?

In Cooperstown, New York, a quest to get into baseball ends up being beaten up in the Wood Bat Factory’s batting cage. Getting hit by a baseball Yeeeeeouch. It seems that baseball isn’t quite for complete wusses after all. The fastball crunches into my finger…

The invention of baseball – and the Abner Doubleday myth

Desperately trying to get some kind of understanding of baseball, David Whitley heads to Boston’s Fenway Park and Cooperstown, where the game was supposedly invented. Hunched over the bar, faintly jet-lagged, the statistics blizzard fired past. I had, I quickly realised, no idea what any…