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Shawb1

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I love to travel. I've been to all 50 States and 6 Continents

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Kapa’a Japanese Stone Lantern

Kapaʻa, Hawaii

Kapa’a Japanese Stone Lantern

This monument built by Japanese American immigrants spent decades underground.

One-lane over the river

Hanapepe, Hawaii

Hanapepe Swinging Bridge

An historic, one-lane, pedestrian suspension bridge on Kauai.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

Munising, Michigan

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore

This was the first ever National Lakeshore, established in 1966.

Gilsonite Veins

Bonanza, Utah

Gilsonite Veins

These giant cracks in the earth were created to extract a mineral found almost nowhere else on Earth

Project Rio Blanco Nuclear Test Site

Rio Blanco County, Colorado

Project Rio Blanco Nuclear Test Site

Plaque commemorating the location of a underground nuclear bomb test in the 1970s.

Payson Grotto Pool

Payson, Utah

Payson Grotto

Secluded wading pool with small waterfall and lovely nature.

Looking southeasterly over the main experimental site.  The chain-link fence around the main shaft can be made out just up and to the right of center.  The edge of the large crater made by one of the biggest surface blasts is visible behind.

Emery County, Utah

MK Tunnels

Traces remain from early Cold War experiments on the vulnerability of underground installations to surface explosions

Miles Goodyear Cabin

Ogden, Utah

Miles Goodyear Cabin

This log cabin is all that remains from the first European settlement in Utah

Bend in the arrow, looking east.

Skull Valley, Utah

Dugway Aviation Navigation Arrow

A 1920s navigation arrow for airmail is preserved right off Interstate 80 near the southern edge of the Great Salt Lake

Puente de la Amistad

Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

Puente de la Amistad

An international border crossing near the famous Iguazú Falls where bargain hunters and curious tourists stream between Brazil and Paraguay.

Puerto del Hambre.

Punta Arenas, Chile

Port Famine

The geographical center of Chile is a port so depressing that it has driven men to suicide.

Nao Victoria Replica.

Punta Arenas, Chile

Nao Victoria Museum

A display of hand-built replicas of the legendary vessels used by Patagonian and Antarctic explorers.

Museo de Historia Natural Río Seco

Punta Arenas, Chile

Museo de Historia Natural Río Seco

A gorgeous and extensive collaboration between biologists and artists, displaying skeletons and other animal remnants in lifelike poses.

Geographical centre of Luxembourg

Mersch, Luxembourg

Geographical centre of Luxembourg

The geographical centre of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is marked by this metal point

Düsseldorf Central Station’s Model Railway

Dusseldorf, Germany

Düsseldorf Central Station’s Model Railway

A coin-operated model railway tucked inside a busy train station

Mushroom Beach House

San Diego, California

Mushroom Beach House

A futuristic-looking beach house built for the owner of a snack food brand.

 Visitors enjoy the views of Torrey Pines Cliffs.

La Jolla, California

Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve

A dramatic coastline that’s home to a rare pine tree.

Tour Thru Tree

Klamath, California

Tour Thru Tree

This massive redwood tree has a drive-thru tunnel carved out of its trunk.

Monterey McDonald’s

Monterey, California

Monterey McDonald’s

Behold the uncanny sight of the Golden Arches—rendered in black.

View from inside the cave

San Diego, California

Sunny Jim Cave Store

Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Choose your cheese.

Nashville, Tennessee

Culture + Co.

At this Nashville restaurant, cheese and charcuterie arrive via conveyor belt.

A lot goes into making a little bit of cheese.

Tillamook, Oregon

Tillamook Creamery

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

It takes quiet and calm to milk a moose.

Bjurholm, Sweden

Älgens Hus (The Moose House)

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

Burger King Navajo Code Talkers Display.

Kayenta, Arizona

Burger King Navajo Code Talkers Display

Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.

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