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Freelance photographer, holder of season tickets to the University of North Carolina baseball and women's basketball teams, Master of Library Science, civil servant. I like rock music, sweet tea, pedal steel played well, Fuji 1600 ISO film, the Band & the Rolling Stones, vintage dresses, HOKA trail runners, my Chippewa motorcycle boots, old rangefinders and Holgas, North Carolina beaches, pitching and defense, Gunnar Henderson, and chili cheese hotdogs.
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The arboretum has miles of hiking and walking trails.

Asheville, North Carolina

North Carolina Arboretum

These tree-filled acres are also filled with history, hiking and a celebration of Appalachian crafts.

Sponsored By Visit North Carolina
Cy Young statue

Boston, Massachusetts

Cy Young Statue

Site of the first World Series

Tesla Stained-Glass Window

Prague, Czechia

Tesla Stained-Glass Window

A beautiful window with the old Tesla Radio company logo.

The Bonnet House Museum and Gardens

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The Bonnet House Museum and Gardens

This oceanfront 1920s house museum offers visitors historic art and rare plants across five distinct ecosystems.

Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse

Hillsboro Beach, Florida

Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse

This distinctive lighthouse with an iron skeleton is one of the tallest on the East Coast.

The Big Texan Steak Ranch first opened its doors in on Route 66 in 1962.

Amarillo, Texas

Big Texan Steak Ranch & Brewery

Whether or not you take the 72-ounce steak challenge, there’s plenty of history, fun and Texas-style food at this legendary stop along Route 66.

Old ‘Hanging’ Oak

Houston, Texas

Old ‘Hanging’ Oak

A 400-year-old live oak tree with a fictitiously morbid past.

Villa Seurat

Paris, France

Villa Seurat

This charming, flower-filled, paved cul-de-sac is filled with artists' studio-houses built in the 1920s.

The futuristic interior of Metroteka

Warsaw, Poland

Metroteka

This alluring underground library, hidden in a suburban Metro station, features a Space Age aesthetic and its own hydroponic garden.

World's largest pocketknife in Radcliff, Kentucky.

Radcliff, Kentucky

World’s Largest Pocketknife

This world record holding pocketknife is so large that it has to be operated by a crane.

Anubis the cat

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The Petrified Cat of Milwaukee

Enjoy a brandy old fashioned with this petrified pet in a bar devoted to the local press.

Graves

Corpus Christi, Texas

Old Bayview Cemetery

The oldest United States federal cemetery west of the Mississippi River.

Dala Horse

Mora, Minnesota

Dala Horse

An ode to Minnesota’s Swedish heritage, this is the largest Dala Horse in the U.S.

Caesar Salad being prepared table side

Tijuana, Mexico

Caesar’s Restaurant Bar

The original home of the Caesar Salad.

Trafalgar Cemetery

Gibraltar

Trafalgar Cemetery

Many of the tombs contain victims of yellow fever epidemics.

St. Phillip’s Cemetery

Charleston, South Carolina

Gateway Walk

Spend a hour meandering, breathing, and learning along this lovely untouted path that connects historic gardens.

Site of the Original Krispy Kreme Doughnut Shop

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Site of the Original Krispy Kreme Doughnut Shop

Visit the site where the original Krispy Kreme doughnut was made back in 1937.

Morris, the Horse

Tryon, North Carolina

Morris, the Horse

Visit Morris, the Horse, the symbol of the small town of Tryon since 1928!

Explore authentic 17th and 18th-century naval weapons.

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah Pirates and Treasure Museum

High seas history comes to life at this immersive museum with an on-site tavern.

Luss Hogback Stone

Luss, Scotland

Luss Hogback Stone

An 11th-century Viking gravestone in a Victorian parish church graveyard.

Building and front entrance during weekly market on wednesday

Waalwijk, Netherlands

Schoenenkwartier

A place where shoes are not displayed as fashion, but dissected as objects of craft, industry and cultural identity.

Barbara Snyder's gravestone.

Katy, Texas

The Witch’s Grave

A century-old local legend surrounds the grave of Barbara Snyder due to its eerie epitaph.

Hudson Bay Heritage Grain Elevator

Hudson Bay, Saskatchewan

Hudson Bay Heritage Grain Elevator

This historic landmark stands as a towering tribute to the area's farming legacy and remains one of the few traditional wooden elevators still watching over the Saskatchewan prairies.

Cat Caffe Zagreb

Zagreb, Croatia

Cat Caffe Zagreb

A safe sanctuary for rescued shelter cats with an imaginative, glitter-infused experience

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