Robert Scheer's Blog

I left out the bit about visiting a famous legal brothel.

Virginia City Nevada Was Once the Richest Place in the World Virginia City Nevada Was Once the Richest Place in the World It was a disappointingly ordinary looking bedroom, considering its rich history. Some of the most famous men in the world had slept there. I was in Virginia City, Nevada at the Mackay Mansion, built in 1860 by George Hearst, father of news...

This article touches on the time I met Antón Ponce de León Paiva in Peru's Sacred Valley, but it doesn't mention that I saw a photograph of an extraterrestrial being in his library.

Earth’s Three Most Powerful Places Earth’s Three Most Powerful Places When people find out I’m a travel writer who focuses on pilgrimages to places of power, they frequently ask me, “What are the most powerful places on Earth?” Because there are more than 1,000 major power centers around the planet, it’s hard to find anyone...

This article doesn't mention staying in a haunted hotel and looking for its ghost. I must write about that soon.

Barkerville Celebrates its Chinese Heritage Barkerville Celebrates its Chinese Heritage The glow from hundreds of candle-lit paper lanterns provided the only light as we paraded up the dirt street into Canada’s oldest Chinatown. I was marching in the ninth annual Mid-Autumn Festival in the historic town of Barkerville, British Columbia. One...