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springer

From my childhood days, I have wanted to know what was beyond the horizon. After Twentytwo and a half years in the US Navy and thirty-plus years traveling the globe since retiring I have managed to see Lands, which I could have only dreamed about as a child. Meeting people along the way and trying to understand their culture has been an extra benefit. To this day I still have friends I made fifty + years ago in distant countries. Travel broadens one's mind and outlook on life. One must but take the first step.

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Thanks-Giving Square

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

OutsideSuburbia

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Paradise, Texas

The Lost Arm of F. Stewart

In Paradise Cemetery resides a mysterious headstone with a strange inscription.

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Northumberland, England

The Cement Menagerie

A father's love for his son has weathered the test of time in this whimsical garden of outsider art.

Girl In The Sublunary

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Northumberland, England

St. Nicholas Church House

Decaying 18th-century church converted to a single-family home.

serflac

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London, England

Carting Lane Sewer Lamp

The pretty iron lamp is a reminder of the architecture underneath London's streets.

jessicahester1

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Glasgow, Scotland

Duke of Wellington Statue

This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.

nmcclure85

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Glasgow, Scotland

St. Valentine’s Bones

Glasgow’s piece of the patron saint of love.

HJHausman

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Haddington, Scotland

St Martin’s Kirk

These ruins of a medieval church are full of architectural mysteries.

linkogecko

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Clachan-Seil, Scotland

Clachan Bridge

The "Bridge Over the Atlantic" lets you cross the waterway in mere seconds.

ssm67alba

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Osborne, Kansas

Geodetic Center of North America

This lesser-known geographic marker was the reference point for all surveys of the continent for 75 years.

casualmonolith

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Vicksburg, Mississippi

Biedenharn Coca-Cola Museum

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

erinculley

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Hadrian's Reservoir

This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.

gus619USA

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