Travel Briefs

On the Franklin Expedition in 1845, searching for the Northwest Passage, the ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror entered Canadian waters and were never heard from again. Though camps and graves were found by rescue parties, the ships remained lost for over 150 years. Erebus was discovered in 2014 in shallow water near King William Island in Canada’s Nunavut Territory. Two years later, Terror was discovered nearby. Until Jan. 7, 2018, artifacts recovered from the ships will be on display at England’s National Maritime Museum (Romney Road, Greenwich; phone +44 20 8858 4422, www....

At the Museum of Miniatures (Strahovske navdori 11, Prague 1, Czechia; phone +420 233 352 371, www.muzeum miniatur.cz/en), the exhibits all must be viewed with microscopes. Using self-made tools, artists have created miniature sculptures so small, each can fit in the eye of a needle or even on the leg of a mosquito. Highlights — a flea with golden horseshoes, a portrait of author Anton Chekhov on a poppy seed and the Lord’s Prayer written on a human hair. Open daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Entry, CZK150 (near $6.40).

Each year, the European Tree of the Year competition elicits votes from the public to name Europe’s best tree. 2017’s winner is the 650-year-old Oak Józef, in Wis´niowa, Poland, which two Jewish brothers hid in during WWII and which was once depicted on the 100-złoty bill. For descriptions, histories and GPS coordinates of the 2017 candidates and former winners, visit www.treeoftheyear.org.