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A communicator/writer/teacher/dad/history nerd who loves the strange places on our earth.
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This serene garden and modest fountain marks the heart of Montcalm Park.

Oswego, New York

Montcalm Park

This Upstate New York park squeezes a lot of history into its two-acre triangular space.

Faneuil Hall

Boston, Massachusetts

Faneuil Hall

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Maman

Ottawa, Ontario

'Maman'

Louise Bourgeois' 30-foot-tall steel spider sculpture.

CN Tower with the Canadian flag

Toronto, Ontario

CN Tower Stairs

One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World holds the world's tallest metal staircase.

Boldt Castle

Alexandria Bay, New York

Boldt Castle

A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.

Strolling along the lilacs.

Rochester, New York

Rochester Lilac Festival

One of the largest festivals of flowers in North America takes place, appropriately, in the Flower City.

Round guitar disaplay

Rochester, New York

House of Guitars

The largest guitar store in the world has been visited by some of music's all-time greats passing through upstate New York.

Garbage Plate

Rochester, New York

Garbage Plates at Nick Tahou Hots

Rochester's signature culinary delicacy.

Crowds gather to watch the bats fly out as the sun sets.

Austin, Texas

Congress Bridge Bats

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

Girl in a Wetsuit, Stanley Park

Vancouver, British Columbia

‘Girl in a Wetsuit’

What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.

The "front out" display at Alabama Booksmith

Homewood, Alabama

Alabama Booksmith

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

Statue of Vulcan

Birmingham, Alabama

Statue of Vulcan

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Hammering Man close-up

Seattle, Washington

Hammering Man

This working class sculpture pounds his hammer all the livelong day.

The old gasification plant in Gas Works Park, Seattle

Seattle, Washington

Gas Works Park

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

Fremont Troll

Seattle, Washington

Fremont Troll

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

Seattle Underground

Seattle, Washington

Seattle Underground

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

View from one of Green Lake's limestone reefs

Fayetteville, New York

Green Lakes State Park

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

Niagara Mohawk Building

Syracuse, New York

Niagara Mohawk Building

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

Upside Down Traffic Light in Syracuse, New York.

Syracuse, New York

Upside-Down Traffic Signal

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

The great room.

Mexico, New York

Casey's Cottage

A carriage house converted into what resembles an 11th-century English manor house

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