Boredom Busters: Virtual Tours

Explore Blarney Castle in Ireland Virtually

Explore Blarney Castle in Ireland Virtually

Blarney Castle, home of the Blarney Stone, was built nearly six hundred years ago and has been attracting attention ever since. Over the last few hundred years, millions have flocked to Blarney making it a world landmark and one of Ireland’s greatest treasures. Can’t visit it in person to kiss the Blarney stone?  Take a virtual tour instead and…

6 Virtual Train Rides From Around the World You Can Take Right Now

6 Virtual Train Rides From Around the World You Can Take Right Now

Apartmenttherapy.com compiled six of the world’s most iconic and scenic virtual train journeys: 1: Take a journey through one of Switzerland’s most beautiful and unique railways, the Unesco heritage listed Berninabahn. 2. Enjoy iconic views of the New York City skyline on this virtual train journey on the Manhattan-bound leg of the train line nicknamed…

Take Virtual Public Art Tour of Virginia Beach

Take Virtual Public Art Tour of Virginia Beach

Take a Virtual Public Art tour around Virginia Beach. Learn more information about the pieces, the artists  and the rest of Virginia Beach’s spectacular, award-winning Public Art collection.   Click Here To Start After taking the tour, learn more about the City’s Public Art Program at vbpublicart.org. Courtesy of the Virginia Beach Cultural Affairs Department.

Take a Virtual Tour of the Virginia Beach Fire Department

Take a Virtual Tour of the Virginia Beach Fire Department

The Virginia Beach Public Library teamed up with the Virginia Beach Fire Department for a tour inside a local fire station. Master Firefighter Ned Lowery takes you inside Station 21 off Nimmo Pkwy in Virginia Beach. Thank you Virginia Beach Fire Department for bravely serving our community! 💓

Virtual Voyage with the Virginia Zoo

Virtual Voyage with the Virginia Zoo

Escape from the ordinary and awaken your wild side by joining the Virginia Zoo for Virtual Voyages! Go behind the scenes, tour the Zoo, and cure your curiosity (or boredom!) with the zoo animals, Keepers and Education staff. For more Virtual Voyages follow The Virginia Zoo on Facebook. SUPPORT THE ZOO EMERGENCY OPERATING FUND As…

Take a Virtual Tour of America’s Largest Home, The Biltmore House.

Take a Virtual Tour of America’s Largest Home, The Biltmore House.

America’s Largest Home, Biltmore House in Asheville, North Carolina offers a virtual tour. A typical self-guided house visit lasts about 1.5-2 hours and spans three floors plus the basement of the luxurious family home of George and Edith Vanderbilt.  With this 1-2 minute long virtual tour you get to see the highlights. According to the…

Explore Colonial Williamsburg on New Amazon Fire, Roku TV channel

Explore Colonial Williamsburg on New Amazon Fire, Roku TV channel

Colonial Williamsburg announced it was starting a new, free streaming channel that would be available to anyone with Amazon Fire TV or Roku TV. Our new streaming channel will allow Colonial Williamsburg to reach a wider audience in support of our educational mission, while providing viewers a 21st-century tool to visit the 18th century,” Kelly…

Bring Virtual Animals Into Your Home with This Google Feature

Bring Virtual Animals Into Your Home with This Google Feature

We may not be able to visit the zoo right now, but you can bring virtual animals into your home, for free, through your phone. When you search for certain animals on Google using your phone, you’ll see the option to “View in 3D.” According to the blog 9to5Google, these are the animals included: Alligator…

Take a Virtual Vacation

Take a Virtual Vacation

Hotels are offering stunning views to people who need to escape even for just a few minutes. Here are five hotel live streams that will help you get away from it all right now. Malibu Beach Inn: Malibu, California The hotel offers in-person and virtual guests panoramic ocean views where they could spot a whale…

Disney Theme Park Rides Available Via Virtual Reality On YouTube

Disney Theme Park Rides Available Via Virtual Reality On YouTube

Disney has a YouTube channel dedicated to their theme park attractions Viewers can take a virtual tour of all of the park’s roller coasters with 360-degree cameras — shot from inside the car itself, and which is adjustable so you can “look around.” If you have a VR headset, you can hook it up to bring the…

Visit Museums, Zoos, Parks and More Virtually

Visit Museums, Zoos, Parks and More Virtually

Broadway Shows The streaming platform BroadwayHD offers a seven-day free trial, so theater fans can watch musicals like “Kinky Boots” and “Cats” and plays including “King Lear” and “A Doll’s House” from their couches. Performances range from Broadway productions to shows from London’s West End to regional offerings from American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. Museums The Smithsonian Museum offers…

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