This week I have been showing photos from Liverpool in the United Kingdom (also in Britain, Great Britain, England, and probably 5 other places that we yanks can’t figure out). The people in Liverpool are not dumb. In addition to the Magical Mystery Tour you can even find references to the Beatles in places like [...]

Yesterday I mentioned the Magical Mystery Tour in Liverpool. This is the house where John Lennon grew up in Liverpool. A surprising number of Beatles songs were written in the front room of this house. You might be able to make out a blue plaque on the house which marks it as a historic site.

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In case you missed  Travel to Liverpool – Beatles Magical Mystery Tour – Amateur Traveler Video Episode 45, one of the things that my family did when we visited Liverpool was take a Beatles tour. Actually it would be more fair to say that we went to Liverpool just for this tour. So we enjoyed [...]

Liverpool has a number of interesting buildings including this recent addition which is the Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral nicknamed Paddy’s Wig-Wam. Built in 1962 the cathedral was designed by English architect Frederick Gibberd who won the honor in a competition.

This interesting building is the Grand Central Hall. It was built originally as a Methodist church. The [...]

These photos are from the Albert Dock in Liverpool. These days the Albert Dock has restaurants, shops a hotel and museums and is part of Liverpool’s UNESCO designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City. Both a Maritime Museum and the International Slavery Museum can be found in the area. The Beatles Story is also located [...]