Category: North America
Essex Street in Salem: Discovering Witches and Mariners
Salem in Massachusetts, abounding in Puritan and American history is perhaps best known for the...
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Looking Back on White Earth, Minnesota
My father saw gnomes as he neared death. They started with their backs against the paneled walls...
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Travel in Place: A Covered Bridge Tour in Oregon
Covered bridges entered Oregon’s Willamette Valley in the 19th century along with pioneers...
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Travel-in-Place – More Corvallis Urban Canvas
Just like my first post featuring the urban art murals in Corvallis, I again exercised my...
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Travel-in-Place – Corvallis, Oregon’s Urban Art
Just like in a third of the US, this week Oregon’s governor issued a statewide Stay-at-Home...
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Enjoying in Emerald City: Enchanted by Seattle
The glass sculptures were astonishing. Just once in my life I had visited a glass blowers’...
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Chicago – Getting Blown Away:
Appreciating the Architecture of the Windy City
Living in New York, I assumed I had seen enough skyscrapers to last me a life time. I could not...
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Elkin, An Urban Delight
Along the Mountains-To-Sea Trail
Somehow I only recently learned about the Mountains-To-Sea Trail. Though a bit of an outdoors...
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Where God Put the Old West: Monument Valley
When the famous American actor, John Wayne, first saw the buttes, mesas, and spires of Monument...
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A Little Treasure in New York City:
Nicholas Roerich Museum and the Neighborhood of Morningside Heights
As a longtime resident of the pulsating New York City, I am always on the lookout for spots that...
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Waterfall Wonderland: The Columbia River Gorge
It is only 80 miles long but contains over 100 waterfalls. Eleven of these are over 100 feet high...
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Exploring Georgetown: Venturing into the
Charmingly Historic Neighborhood of Washington D.C.
Washington D.C., the capital city of the United States, brims with iconic memorials and monuments,...
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