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Nick Jackson

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Nick is a National Magazine Award-winning editorial and business leader who has had the privilege of working for many of your favorite publications. He's primarily interested in great storytelling, high-quality journalism, and a free press.
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Pylon 5 of Anlage 212.

Sindelfingen, Germany

Anlage 212

Power line with pylons on huge concrete bases to prevent terrorist attacks.

The Linley Sambourne House at 18 Stafford Terrace in southwest London.

London, England

Linley Sambourne House

Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Pageant

Walnut Grove, Minnesota

Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Pageant

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

A small part of the Funk collection.

Shirley, Illinois

Funk Gem and Mineral Museum

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

A close-up photograph of the chained books

Hereford, England

Hereford Cathedral Chained Library

Rare collection of medieval books under lock and key.

A glimpse of the collection housed by the Chamsori Museum.

Gangneung, South Korea

Chamsori Gramophone and Edison Science Museum

Explore the history of recorded sound at the world's third largest collection of Edison memorabilia.

Julian Hathaway demonstrating a derrick for the General Petroleum Corporation, 1928.

Santa Fe Springs, California

Hathaway Ranch and Oil Museum

Working mining and drilling equipment demonstrate 150 years of energy history.

The Dominator Shipwreck

Palos Verdes Estates, California

The Dominator Shipwreck

Remains of a Greek freighter trapped off of Rocky Point in 1961.

The Wonderful Barn

Leixlip, Ireland

The Wonderful Barn

A corkscrew-shaped barn in Ireland.

The shelter's blast door

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Congressional Fallout Shelter at the Greenbrier Resort

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

The gardens at the Désert de Retz

Chambourcy, France

The Désert de Retz

Shattered columns and Egyptian pyramids outside of Paris.

Severndroog Castle

London, England

Severndroog Castle

A monolithic monument in Greater London.

Creaking Pavilion

Pushkin, Russia

Chinese Village at Tsarskoe Selo

A model village fit for an emperor.

The Holy Right Hand of St. Stephen

Budapest, Hungary

The Holy Right

The mummified right fist of a 1,000-year-old saint-king sits inside an ornate golden reliquary.

Artist's conception of the "Cryobot" and "Hydrobot."

Antarctica

Lake Vostok

Largest sub-glacial lake ever discovered.

Land Entrance to Base

Sevastopol, Ukraine

Decommissioned Soviet Sub Base

In the land of the Light Brigade stands a testament to the Cold War.

Panel of shells

Margate, England

Margate Shell Grotto

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop

New Orleans, Louisiana

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

Hornby Island Bald Eagle Nest Camera

Comox-Strathcona K, British Columbia

Hornby Island Bald Eagle Nest Camera

Webcam that broadcast the hatching of Bald Eagles to millions of viewers.

Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island

This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.

The Funeral Rites of Torajaland

Rantepao, Indonesia

The Funeral Rites of Torajaland

Where cemeteries are carved into the side of cliffs and infants are buried in the hollows of trees.

Wizard Island

Crater Lake, Oregon

Crater Lake

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

As seen in 2007.

Kampala, Uganda

Kasubi Tombs Ruins

The burial ground of four Buganda monarchs was nearly destroyed by a devastating fire.

Scott's Discovery Hut in Antarctica

McMurdo Station, Antarctica

Discovery Hut

A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.

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