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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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Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy

Amphitheatre of Capua

This Roman amphitheatre was also the location of the first gladiator school.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Plaster Citizens of Pompeii

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

The Brothels of Pompeii

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Stone Phalluses of Pompeii

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Thermopolia of Pompeii

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

atimian

Added by atimian

Ercolano, Italy

Herculaneum

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

The Sunken City of Baia

A submerged archeological park still holds the wonders of a Roman Sodom.

SkareMedia

Added by SkareMedia

Pozzuoli, Italy

Monte Nuovo

Italy's "New Mountain" rose from the ground in a volcanic eruption in 1538.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Pozzuoli, Italy

Flavian Amphitheater of Pozzuoli

Italy's third-largest Roman arena gives a peek into the underground operations beneath the ancient spectacles.

JamazingClayton

Added by JamazingClayton

Pozzuoli, Italy

Phlegraean Fields

A sulfuric hellscape in southern Italy.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Via dei Presepi

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Toledo Art Station

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Funicolare Centrale

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

RHyzer

Added by RHyzer

Bourbon Tunnel

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

Added by Sarah Farrow

St. Augustine, Florida

Castillo de San Marcos

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

linazeldovich

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Long Beach, California

RMS Queen Mary

The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.

Added by Queen Mary Historian

Glendale, California

Forest Lawn Cemetery

An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.

Matt Blitz

Added by Matt Blitz

Pasadena, California

Rose Bowl

Sports history, made in the Arroyo Seco.

Mecca, California

Salton Sea

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

Boulder City, Nevada

Winged Figures of the Republic

A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.

Boulder City, Nevada

Hoover Dam Old Exhibit Building

Experience a charming 1930's version of "infotainment."

michelle

Added by michelle

Baker, California

World's Largest Thermometer

This giant temperature attraction created some giant electric bills.

Added by octoberwitch

Las Vegas, Nevada

The Neon Museum

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

stanestane

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San Bernardino County, California

Ivanpah Solar Power Facility

The world’s largest concentrated solar plant generates as many problems as megawatts.

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