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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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Den Uendelige Bro (The Infinite Bridge)

Aarhus, Denmark

Den Uendelige Bro (The Infinite Bridge)

Denmark’s never-ending bridge.

Ottawa Street North, street sign.

Hamilton, Ontario

Tim Hortons No. 1

The first outlet of Canada's biggest fast-food franchise has been slinging doughnuts since 1964.

The main entrance.

Quincy, Massachusetts

First Dunkin' Donuts

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

The first Pizza Hut is really more of a house.

Wichita, Kansas

Original Pizza Hut

The first "Hut" was actually a small brick building.

Unofficial McDonald's Museum

San Bernardino, California

Unofficial McDonald's Museum

This unlicensed collection of fast-food memorabilia sits on the site of the first ever McDonald's restaurant.

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Lake Pontchartrain Causeway

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

Swansea Ghost Town

Parker, Arizona

Swansea Ghost Town

One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.

World's Largest Entertainment McDonald's

Orlando, Florida

World's Largest Entertainment McDonald's

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

Casa Bonita's Lagoon

Lakewood, Colorado

Casa Bonita

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

The prairie after it's semi-annual mowing

Norman, Oklahoma

Oklahoma Centennial Prairie

A small section of native wilderness on a university campus

The Apollo 1 crew jokingly showing their faith in the craft.

Cape Canaveral, Florida

Launch Complex 34

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

Britton Hill in Lakewood Park

DeFuniak Springs, Florida

Britton Hill

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

Looking east across Memorial

Miami, Florida

ValuJet Flight 592 Memorial

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

The Ferdinand Magellan Presidential Railcar at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum, Miami, 2007.

Miami, Florida

Ferdinand Magellan Presidential Railcar

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.

Satellite view of the airport.

Ochopee, Florida

Dade-Collier Training and Transition Airport

This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.

Stilt House No. 6 is known for its large American flag mural.

New Port Richey, Florida

Pasco County Stilt Houses

These simple structures are living monuments to the fishermen who built this community over a century ago.

Incised channel in Water Gap.  Note culverts.  Looking downstream.

Lund, Nevada

Water Gap

The site of an improbable and ill-fated attempt to use dammed floodwaters for irrigation.

White Pocket at night

Marble Canyon, Arizona

White Pocket

This mesmerizing and surreal landscape features intricate patterns of white and red sandstone.

The three kilns in the distance, from the slag terrace.

Pioche, Nevada

Bristol Well

Beehive charcoal kilns and slag deposits mark this late 19th century camp centered on a smelter.

The lighthouse from the footbridge.  The fog today shows why the lighthouse was necessary.

Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, California

Point Bonita Lighthouse

This lighthouse has been guiding shipping into the Golden Gate since before the American Civil War.

Cathedral in the Desert

Lake Powell, Utah

Cathedral in the Desert

The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.

'Out of the Blue'

Salt Lake City, Utah

'Out of the Blue'

This mural changes every few years.

Allen Park

Salt Lake City, Utah

Allen Park

This former wildlife sanctuary is being transformed into an art park.

Box Elder County Office Clocktower Clock

Brigham City, Utah

Box Elder County Office Clocktower Clock

Designed in 1887, this clock from the county office clock tower has been restored and is on full display.

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