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springer

From my childhood days, I have wanted to know what was beyond the horizon. After twenty-two and a half years in the US Navy and fifty-plus years traveling the globe since retiring I have managed to see many Lands, which I could have only dreamed about as a child. Meeting people along the way and trying to understand their culture has been an extra benefit. To this day I still have friends I made fifty + years ago in distant countries. Travel broadens one's mind and outlook on life. One must take the first step.

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Tehachapi, California

Tehachapi Loop

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.

bertshetler

Added by bertshetler

Las Vegas, Nevada

Bugsy Siegel Monument

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.

satxwdavis

Added by satxwdavis

Las Vegas, Nevada

Bellagio Patisserie Chocolate Fountain

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

Added by RStephens

Las Vegas, Nevada

Flamingo Habitat

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Las Vegas, Nevada

Art-o-mat

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

jondi letnap

Added by jondi letnap

Fort Worth, Texas

Southwest Regional Library Demo Garden

This library is a reader's paradise and a plant lover's dream.

arhoff

Added by arhoff

Fort Worth, Texas

'Where Independence Begins' Mural

A one-of-a-kind blind-accessible, interactive mural.

notoriousFIG

Added by notoriousFIG

Honolulu, Hawaii

Site of the Japanese WWII Surrender

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

RobertPakko

Added by RobertPakko

Honolulu, Hawaii

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific

Hawaii’s largest cemetery rests inside an extinct volcano crater.

Dark Nebula Deluxe

Added by Dark Nebula Deluxe

London, England

The Mayflower Pub

The London pub overlooks where the Mayflower was moored before setting sail for the New World.

Added by Byrdmouse

Church of Agios Dimitrios Loumbardiaris (Saint Demetrius the Bombardier)

A Byzantine-era church hidden in a wooded area below the Acropolis.

gus619USA

Added by gus619USA

The Olive Tree of the Acropolis

Legend says this sacred tree was a gift from goddess Athena.

gus619USA

Added by gus619USA

Pottsville, Pennsylvania

Gargoyle Fountain

Outside a small brewery, a Gothic fountain that once provided water to thirsty horses.

jyackabonis

Added by jyackabonis

Centralia, Pennsylvania

Centralia Ghost Town Church

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

mariellen

Added by mariellen

Aristes, Pennsylvania

Centralia

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Dave

Jacksonville, Florida

Jean Ribault Monument

A monolith replica monument of Jean Ribault commemorating the landing of the French in the New World.

lmwolfso

Added by lmwolfso

Jacksonville, Florida

Fort Caroline National Memorial

This replica of a 16th-century French settlement memorializes one of the earliest attempts at a European settlement in North America.

ElusivePenguin

Added by ElusivePenguin

Jacksonville, Florida

Boneyard Beach

This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.

ElusivePenguin

Added by ElusivePenguin

Jacksonville, Florida

Treaty Oak

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Added by yelenaaaa

La Palma, Spain

Dragos Gemelos

Behind this pair of dragon trees, there is a tragic story of lost love.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

La Palma, Spain

The Colorful Balconies of Avenida Maritima

These wooden balconies that are both decorative and functional.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

La Palma, Spain

The Black Beaches of La Palma

Volcanic rocks ground down into sand make this Spanish beach as black as night.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

The Gala Dalí Castle

Of course Salvador Dalí lived in a castle...

wythe

Electricity Pylons of Cadiz

The world's most elegant power lines.