The Holocaust Museum has drawn over 50,000 visitors a year since it opened, most of them Portuguese schoolchildren, said Michael Rothwell, the British-born director of the city’s Jewish museums.

When I’m heading to a new city—no matter where—my Must Visit list is always consists of 1. pastry shops and 2. bookstores.

Playing cards traveled a long way before they reached France and became the classic hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades that we know today.