Great Smoky Mountains National Park in the Appalachians
25 June 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: Environment, General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time: 7 minutes
Clingman’s Dome Observation Tower, the highest point both in Tennessee and along the Appalachian Trail, in Great Smoky Mountains National Park © Scott Basford
Santa Clarita in California
21 June 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General, Greater Los Angeles Area Reading Time: 8 minutes Santa Clarita is a city in northwestern Los Angeles County, California. With a 2020 census population of 228,673, it is the third-largest city by population in Los Angeles County, and the 17th-largest in the state of California. It is located about 30 miles (48 km) northwest of downtown Los Angeles, and occupies 70.75 square miles (183.2 km²) of land in the Santa Clarita Valley, along the Santa Clara River. It is a notable example of a U.S. edge city, satellite city, or boomburb. read more…Anacortes in Washington
15 June 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General Reading Time: 10 minutes Anacortes is a city in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The name “Anacortes” is an adaptation of the name of Anne Curtis Bowman, who was the wife of early Fidalgo Island settler Amos Bowman. Anacortes’ population was 15,778 at the time of the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included in the Mount Vernon-Anacortes Metropolitan Statistical Area. Anacortes is known for the Washington State Ferries dock and terminal serving Lopez Island, Shaw Island, Orcas Island, and San Juan Island, as well as Victoria, British Columbia (via Sidney, British Columbia), on Vancouver Island. There is also a Skagit County-operated ferry that serves Guemes Island, a residential island located across Guemes Channel, north of Anacortes. read more…Ferndale in California
3 June 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: Architecture, General Reading Time: 7 minutes Ferndale is a city in Humboldt County, California, United States. Its population was 1,371 at the 2010 census, down from 1,382 at the 2000 census. The city contains dozens of well-preserved Victorian storefronts and homes. Ferndale is the northern gateway to California’s Lost Coast and the city, which is sited on the edge of a wide plain near the mouth of the Eel River, is also located near the extensive preserves of coast redwood forests. Before American settlement, Ferndale was a glade of giant ferns reaching more than six feet, surrounded by alder, willow, Sitka spruce, Douglas fir, coast redwood, swampy land, and windswept prairies. The area was populated by the southern Wiyot people, and centered along the Eel River, where they caught lamprey eels, salmon and sturgeon in iris leaf fish nets, collected shellfish along the river and at its mouth, while cultivating only a California species of tobacco. The town was established in 1852 from settlement by Willard Allard, Seth Louis Shaw, and his brother, Stephen W. Shaw. read more…Painted Ladies in San Francisco
1 June 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: Architecture, General, San Francisco Bay Area Reading Time: 6 minutes In American architecture, painted ladies are Victorian and Edwardian houses and buildings repainted, starting in the 1960s, in three or more colors that embellish or enhance their architectural details. The term was first used for San Francisco Victorian houses by writers Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen in their 1978 book Painted Ladies: San Francisco’s Resplendent Victorians. Although polychrome decoration was common in the Victorian era, the colors used on these houses are not based on historical precedent. read more…United States Memorial Day
30 May 2022 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General Reading Time: 6 minutes
National Memorial Day Presidential Armed Forces Full Honor Wreath Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery
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