A Magical Mystery Tour

There are places I remember all my life, without ever having been to any of them. The Cavern Club. The street known as Penny Lane. An orphanage called Strawberry Field. The names, of course, are recognizable to every Beatles fan familiar with the Fab Four's early years in Liverpool. Last month I visited an ailing sister who lives in nearby Wirral, England, and the trip gave me a chance to finally check out some of these sites,...

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