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Beautiful Natural Scenery: Three Parks in Southern Utah
Overview Depending on how you define southern Utah, there are at least two epic National Parks (NPs) and one National Monument (NM). The fate of Bears Ears National Monument is too political to discuss here. Zion, the third-most-visited NP in the country, is located in the area. The other photo-worthy NP in this part of…
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Enjoy the wonderful Flora And Fauna at Arenal Volcano National Park
Overview Scenic beauty fills Costa Rica, and there is no better place to see it than on a visit to Arenal Volcano National Park. The park includes part of Lake Arenal, on which we took a boat cruise to our hotel in Monte Verde. The National Park is located in the North-Central part of Costa…
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The Missile Museum at White Sands Missile Range: Learning about the history of rockets and missiles
Overview White Sands is a huge natural area in southern New Mexico. Most of it is part of the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), a high-security military installation testing cutting-edge weapons technology. In addition to the inclusion of White Sands National Park, a little-known location accessible to the public with restrictions, White Sands Missile Range…
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London History and a Vibrant Culture.
Does any other city in the world beckon travelers like London? There has been a settlement here for millennia. That’s a lot of London history to pack into one city. I have been to the city twice. Once near Christmas in 2025 and the other time in June 2023. I have included photos from both…
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San Lorenzo and Medici-Riccardi Palazzo
Overview This article will be a bit more complicated than most. The site I’m discussing has two separate tours, and another related site is across the street. Let’s start. The Basilica of San Lorenzo was the first cathedral of Florence, consecrated in 393CE, less than a hundred years after Christianity became the official Roman religion.…
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Historic Roman Site of Volubilis
Overview of the Historic City Near the Moroccan city of Meknes, on a ridge overlooking lush farmland, stands the historic archaeological site of Volubilis. The city can trace its roots back into the depths of history. The Phoenicians, a seafaring culture originally from Lebanon, settled here in the third century BCE. They were not the…
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Two small Museums in London
Overview One of the most important cities in Europe, if not the world, a kingdom over a thousand years old, and the capital of an empire on which the sun never set, London is many things. For the traveler, it is a great destination to spend a few days just before Christmas. Returning from my…
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Cuervo, New Mexico: A Ghost Town
Overview New Mexico has several ghost towns that are easy to visit. But Cuervo may be the easiest. Between Santa Rosa and Tucumcari on Interstate 40, take exit 291, and you will be in Cuervo. The town was divided when I40 was built. Leaving two streets north of the highway and four south. The famous…
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