The Lahaina Jodo Mission

Located just outside of downtown Lahaina, the Jodo Mission is a physical reminder of Hawaii's connection to Japan and the immigrants that came to the islands starting in the late 19th century.

The Jodo Mission was constructed in the late-1960s ...

The Fremont Troll

Believe it or not, there is a giant troll hiding under the George Washington Memorial Bridge in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. This troll is not a threat to the public but rather a publically funded art project designed to reclaim an ...

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, ...

Kalispel Reservation (Qlispé sqlixʷúlexʷs)

The Kalispel Reservation is located near Usk and Cusick, WA (čmq̓ʷoqnú), located in the heart of the Kalispel Tribe’s territory.  The aboriginal lands of the Kalispels spanned from northeast Washington north into British Columbia and east through the Idaho panhandle ...

Kalispel Fishing (q̓q̓m̓éyeʔi)

The Kalispels are river people. Their homelands follow the Pend Oreille River and fishing is a prominent part of their traditional lifeways. Today, the fishery remains an important natural resource on the Kalispel Reservation. Each year, with the thaw of ...