Hyde Park – Australia
Mar 23
Rainbow Bridge – Taiwan
Rainbow Bridge is a pedestrian bridge that crosses the Keelung River in Taipei, Taiwan. The bridge connects the Xinming Road in Neihu District and Raohe Street in Songshan District. Raohe Street is the location where the Raohe Night Market (one of the most famous night markets in Taipei) is located. The bridge is a suspension…
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Mar 14
Kualoa Ranch – Hawaii
Kualoa Ranch is a 4,000 acre private nature reserve as well as a working cattle ranch. The ranch is located approximately 24 miles outside of Waikiki on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. The terrain on the ranch varies from steep mountain cliffs to lush Hawaiian rainforests and wide open valleys. The ranch supports more…
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Mar 5
Rocks of Fame – Spain
The “Rocks of Fame” are located near the Tenerife Auditorium in the city of Santa Cruz on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain. I call them the “Rocks of Fame” because they reminded me of the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California. The Rocks of Fame are a huge rock that…
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Feb 24
Todaiji Temple – Japan
Todaiji Temple is one of Japan’s most famous temples and is located in Nara Park in the city of Nara, Japan. The temple was built in 752 AD and consisted of two nine story pagodas, a lecture hall, quarters for the monks and the Great Buddha Hall. The complex is very large with plenty of…
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Feb 15
Black-tailed Prairie Dog – Texas
Black-tailed Prairie Dogs are burrowing rodents of the squirrel family that are native to the grasslands of North America. The Black-tailed Prairie Dogs are tan color with small ears, strong legs with long claws and a 3 to 4 inch tail with a black tip. The name “prairie dog” comes from a combination of their…
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Feb 6
Teotihuacan – Mexico
Teotihuacan is a vast archaeological complex that predates the Mayas and Aztecs which was home to more than 150,000 people and covered an area of 12 square miles (20 sq. km). The abandoned city was discovered by the Aztecs in the 14th century and they gave it the name of Teotihuacan which means “The place…
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Jan 28
Washington Monument – Washington, D.C.
The Washington Monument is the centerpiece of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. It is located with the U.S. Capital on one side and the World War II Memorial and Lincoln Memorial on the other side. The monument was built to honor George Washington, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War…
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Jan 19
Corinth Canal – Greece
The Corinth Canal is a waterway that crosses the narrow Isthmus of Corinth which connects the Peloponnesian Peninsula to the mainland of Greece. The 6.4 kilometers (4 mile) long canal connects the Gulf of Corinth to the Saronic Gulf saving ships from making a dangerous 700 kilometer (435 miles) voyage around the rocky coastline of…
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Jan 10
Cat Cat Village – Vietnam
Cat Cat Village was founded in the middle of the 19th century by the local Mong ethnic people. The village is located in Northwestern Vietnam about 2 kilometers from Sapa Town and about 376 kilometers from Hanoi. Cat Cat Village consists of around 80 households that are located in the center of the village and…
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Jan 1
Zion National Park Scenic Byway – Utah
Zion National Park started out as Mukuntuweap National Monument in 1909 but it became a national park in 1919. It is located in the southwestern corner of Utah near the Nevada and Arizona borders. It is a convenient trip from Las Vegas, Salt Lake City or from the Grand Canyon National Park. The highlight of…
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Nov 26
Potsdamer Platz – Germany
Potsdamer Platz is a modernized plaza that is surrounded by modern skyscraper with a covered public space in the center. It is in the Berlin city center located only about one kilometer from Brandenburg Gate with the Reichstag and Tiergarten (park) also nearby. The view of Potsdamer Platz from the Reichstag rooftop and from the…
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Nov 19
Birds, birds, birds
Birds, birds, birds! Everywhere we look there are birds. Birds live in practically every environment. Birds live in the forest, in swamps, in the desert, in the fields, on the water, at the beach and around the lake. We see birds in the parks, we see them in the parking lots, we see them when…
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