Articles by Sightseers’ Delight

About Sightseers’ Delight

Sightseers’ Delight started publishing in June 2016. The site, published by The DeFeo Groupe, collects and curates content about places where historical events large and small happened. The site builds off the legacy of The Travel Trolley, which launched in June 2009. The site aimed to be a virtual version of the trolley tours offered in so many cities.

Forget Melbourne: Auckland steals the spotlight as the ultimate TV murder backdrop

November 5, 2026 Sightseers’ Delight

Leave it to Lucy Lawless to solve gruesome murders while acting as an unpaid spokesperson for New Zealand tourism.

Ohio History Connection closed through 2030 as part of overhaul

November 3, 2026 Sightseers’ Delight

The Ohio History Connection is launching the final phase of its Campus 2.OH initiative, meaning its museum will remain closed to the public through 2030.

The fight over Atlanta’s 1996 Olympic cauldron proves old stadium wounds haven’t healed

November 3, 2026 Sightseers’ Delight

Thirty years after Muhammad Ali lit the 1996 Olympic cauldron, Atlanta is still arguing over what to do with the oversized metal structure that locals famously dubbed the “French fry box.”

Former Atlanta art museum COO gets a year in federal prison

November 2, 2026 Sightseers’ Delight

The former chief operating officer of the High Museum of Art has been sentenced to one year in federal prison for stealing more than $600,000 from the museum by doctoring invoices and approving transactions for personal purchases.

National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement

New Mob Museum exhibit to include never-before-seen Bugsy Siegel crime scene items

October 28, 2026 Sightseers’ Delight

A new exhibit at Las Vegas’ Mob Museum, the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, will examine the still-unsolved murder of one of the most notorious crime figures in American history: mobster Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel.

New Jersey bill would require annual airport baggage scale inspections

October 22, 2026 Sightseers’ Delight

New Jersey lawmakers are considering legislation requiring annual inspections of airport baggage scales after a report found that more than a quarter of the scales inspected at Newark Liberty International Airport were inaccurate.

Trump says he would ‘love’ to see Ireland, Northern Ireland unify

September 12, 2026 Sightseers’ Delight

The two have been separate since 1921, when the Government of Ireland Act 1920 partitioned Ireland.

The 56-foot-tall statue that still defines Birmingham, Alabama

September 8, 2026 Sightseers’ Delight

Vulcan, the Roman god of the forge, stands 56 feet tall. Sculpted by Giuseppe Moretti for the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, the statue was meant to show off Birmingham’s industrial ambitions.

Restoration of Belfast’s Samson and Goliath put focus on city’s industrial past

August 24, 2026 Sightseers’ Delight

The proposed restoration of shipbuilding gantry cranes on Belfast’s Queen’s Island has put the city’s shipbuilding past in focus.

Man charged in stabbing death on popular Atlanta Beltline

August 24, 2026 Sightseers’ Delight

A 54-year-old convicted felon has been charged with murder and aggravated assault in the stabbing death of a man on the Atlanta Beltline, a popular destination for residents and tourists.