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Rob T

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"World wanderer" Photographer extraordinaire; have Nikon, will travel!

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Follow travelers to discover remarkable places through their journeys.

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    You explored one of America's most iconic highways by marking at least three remarkable places along historic Route 66.

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Places this traveler has marked as been there.

Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob Pipe Museum & Store

Washington, Missouri

Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob Pipe Museum

This museum located in the "Corn Cob Pipe Capital of the World," chronicles the history of cob pipe.

Crusher.

Park Hills, Missouri

Missouri Mines State Historic Site

Rusted and decayed, this former mining site is a portal to the past.

The most photographed barn.

Moose, Wyoming

T. A. Moulton Barn

This rustic old building is said to be the most photographed barn in America.

Large panel of diverse figures on several basalt boulders.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Petroglyph National Monument

Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.

The gallery of maps, showing the ceiling

Vatican City

Gallery of Maps - Galleria delle Carte Geografiche

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The execution ax and block.

London, England

The Executioner's Ax

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.

Water still flows through

London, England

Traitors' Gate

The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.

Gravestones at the British Cemetery .

Ocracoke, North Carolina

British Cemetery of Ocracoke

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

A church still stands in Portsmouth, NC.

Ocracoke, North Carolina

Portsmouth Village

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

The ruins of Chetro Ketl in Chaco Canyon.

Nageezi, New Mexico

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Aztec Ruins National Monument

Aztec, New Mexico

Aztec Ruins National Monument

The hallowed remains of a 900-year old Ancestral Pueblo great house.

Winchester Mystery House, with some of its many doors and windows.

San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Wallace Creek crossing the San Andreas Fault.

Santa Margarita, California

Wallace Creek

The San Andreas Fault spectacularly offsets this creek.

Devils Tower

Devils Tower, Wyoming

Devils Tower

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

Eric the Pliosaur

Sydney, Australia

Eric the Pliosaur

The bones of this aquatic dinosaur turned to opal over the centuries and the beast's remains were almost sold as jewelry.

The Australian Standing Stones

Glen Innes, Australia

Australian Standing Stones

A tribute to the Celtic nations that helped settle Australia.

Australian-American Memorial.

Canberra, Australia

Australian-American Memorial

From a distance, this statue of an eagle looks like a giant chicken on a stick.

Byodo-In Temple.

Kaneohe, Hawaii

Valley of the Temples Memorial Park

An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.

This plaque reads "Over this spot on 2 September 1945 the instrument of formal surrender of Japan to the allied powers was signed thus bringing to a close the second world war. The ship at that time was at anchor in Tokyo bay"

Honolulu, Hawaii

Site of the Japanese WWII Surrender

A glass display case holds the document that ended the Second World War—which one person signed on the wrong line.

The Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial

Honolulu, Hawaii

Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial

This saltwater swimming pool, which is the last of its kind in the United States, is slowly crumbling within sight of multiple high-end beachside hotels.

Battery Cooper Bunker.

Kaneohe, Hawaii

Battery Cooper Bunker

This World War II-era bunker is now packed with posters and props from movies and TV shows filmed nearby.

Lahaina Banyan Tree

Lahaina, Hawaii

Lahaina Banyan Tree

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

World's Largest Plant Maze

Wahiawa, Hawaii

World's Largest Plant Maze

Race through the maze, get your name on the sign.

Iditarod Mile 0 Marker

Seward, Alaska

Iditarod Mile 0 Marker

The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.

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