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asdonkar

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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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Kifissia Mosque Ruins

Kifisia, Greece

Kifissia Mosque Ruins

The only Ottoman Mosque in Attica outside central Athens.

Bosque Bello is one of only a few public cemeteries in Nassau County, Florida.

Fernandina Beach, Florida

Bosque Bello Cemetery

Named from the Spanish for “beautiful woods,” this public cemetery is spread across 29 acres of moss-draped oaks.

Sponsored By Amelia Island, Florida
The Book Loft is located in a former pottery studio on Fernandina Beach’s Centre Street.

Fernandina Beach, Florida

The Book Loft

Amelia Island’s oldest independent bookstore is a cozy oasis for literary exploration.

Seven Stars Pavilion

Enghien, Belgium

Seven Stars Pavilion

A 17th-century heptagonal pavilion that was used for stargazing.

Glassy Beach

Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador

Glassy Beach

A sea glass gold mine on Newfoundland’s rugged coast.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Brookline, Massachusetts

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

This historic house was the birthplace and childhood home of the 35th president of the United States.

Delilah in the Aquarium.

St. Andrews, New Brunswick

Delilah the Whale at Fundy Discovery Aquarium

A full-scale whale and a minted coin honor a life that changed the Bay of Fundy.

Scarlett O’Hara House

Boston, Massachusetts

Scarlett O’Hara House

This faux Greek Revival mansion is a clever optical illusion tucked into a Beacon Hill alley.

Street sign for Edgar Allan Poe Street

New York, New York

Edgar Allan Poe Street

A tidbit of Poe history on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Stock up on plantains, available in varying degrees of ripeness.

Paris, France

Marché Dejean

Peruse produce from Senegal, Cameroon, and other West African nations at this sprawling market.

Le Tampographe Sardon

Paris, France

Le Tampographe Sardon

A letterpress workshop committed to the art of printing, with unique and creative designs.

Witch Rock of Montmartre

Paris, France

Witch Rock of Montmartre

This oddly shaped boulder in Paris is rumored to be cursed.

Fricassé is a sandwich rooted in Tunisia's Jewish community.

Paris, France

Chez Bob de Tunis

Fully loaded, Tunisian-style sandwiches are on the menu at this unassuming hole-in-the-wall.

Wall of The Drunken Boat

Paris, France

Wall of The Drunken Boat

A poem by Arthur Rimbaud is inscribed on the wall of a street that, while it is only one block long, plays a key role in multiple novels.

Mascarons of Pont Neuf

Paris, France

Mascarons of Pont Neuf

If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.

Musée de la Prefecture de Police

Paris, France

Musée de la Prefecture de Police

A museum which takes visitors to the côté obscure of Paris.

Interior of the house

Paris, France

Maison de Victor Hugo

A museum dedicated to one of Paris’s most famous residents, tucked into a corner of one of the city’s most famous squares.

Potatoes on the tomb.

Paris, France

Grave of Antoine-Augustin Parmentier

The tomb of history's greatest potato promoter is surrounded by tubers.

The Relics of St. Helena

Paris, France

The Relic Crypt of St. Helena at Église Saint-Leu-Saint-Gilles

This little-known relic crypt holds stolen parts of a Roman Empress.

Sleeping fox of the Fox Salon

Paris, France

Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (Museum of Hunting and Nature)

Dedicated to the art of hunting, with juxtapositions of contemporary art.

The statue.

Paris, France

Paris Catacombs Golem

A mud statue stands in the dark tunnels, seeming to hold up the weight of the city above.

The entrance to Piaf's former home and current museum.

Paris, France

Musée Edith Piaf

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.

The temple.

Paris, France

Temple de la Sybille (The Temple of Sybille)

This structure atop a craggy cliff in one of the most beautiful parks in Paris boasts an unbeatable view.

Au Roi de la Bière

Paris, France

Au Roi de la Bière

Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."

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