The Poprad Lenin Statue

It might seem strange that a 16-foot tall statue of Vladimir Lenin adorns a street corner in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, but then again, it is Fremont after all.

This impressive bronze monument did not begin it's life in Washington but ...

Monastic island

Monastery (Ukr. Monastyrsky Ostrow) — island on the Dnieper river in Dnepropetrovsk. Since the XVII century the island was called Monastery, in the nineteenth century — Burakovsky, Bogomolovskoye, 1926-2015, Komsomol.

On the island is Dnipropetrovsk zoo, ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- Historic Centre of Siena

Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. Its inhabitants pursued their rivalry with Florence right into the area of urban planning. Throughout the centuries, they preserved their city's Gothic appearance, acquired between the 12th and 15th centuries. During this ...

Drakesbad Guest Ranch

In June of 1938, after removing the original lodge built by Edward Drake in 1890 and crushed in the winter snows of 1937-38, the Siffords began the construction of a replacement building. Roy Sifford, who was determined to lose as ...

California Spotted Owl

The California spotted owl is one of three subspecies of spotted owls that occurs within the United States. The Mexican spotted owl is found in the southwestern states and Mexico. The Northern spotted owl occupies western Washington, Oregon and California. ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- Viñales Valley

The Viñales Valley is encircled by mountains and its landscape is interspersed with dramatic rocky outcrops. Traditional techniques are still in use for agricultural production, particularly of tobacco. The quality of this cultural landscape is enhanced by the vernacular architecture ...

Tenant House and Barn

As the Camden family spent less and less time on the banks of Clear Creek, they realized the need for a caretaker. By 1868, Camden spent winters in Oakland so the girls could go to school. Not only did the ...

Whiskeytown Dam

As the Great Depression drew to a close, the concept of claiming the waters in Northern California for agricultural purposes became a reality with the completion of Shasta Dam in 1945. The Central Valley Project started in order to supply ...

Toll Bridge

In 1865, Charles Camden built a covered bridge at Whiskey Creek, improved roads from Old Shasta to Clear Creek, built a bridge at Whiskey Creek, and improved and covered the bridge over Clear Creek. Camden charged ten cents to walk ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- Rock Art of Alta

This group of petroglyphs in the Alta Fjord, near the Arctic Circle, bears the traces of a settlement dating from c. 4200 to 500 B.C. The thousands of paintings and engravings add to our understanding of the environment and human ...