A-Z Places

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Zamość Town Hall, Zamość, Lublin Province, Poland
This impressive building was constructed in the late 16th Century, shortly after the city was founded. Zamość - pronounced zah-MOYSCH (with the "S" and the "CH" both pronounced) - has around 62,000 residents.

 

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Arcata, Redwood City Park, Humboldt County, California

The Endor scenes for Return of the Jedi and the Ewoks movies were filmed here.

 

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Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Carnelian Bay, Lake Tahoe, California

 

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Doha, capital of Qatar

 

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Ely, Nevada

A NE Nevada town. One of my earliest and saddest memories is from these beehive structures. I see these and suddenly I remember how cold they are on the inside, and how alone and confused and angry I felt. I remember great love and also great loss.

 

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It's beautiful, @Yeshuasdaughter, how you share places that mean something personal to you and the memories attached to them. You're really expressive.

 

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Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire

 

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Gold Beach, Oregon

 

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Haverstraw, a town of 40,000 in Rockland County, New York

 

[Timelord]

Ivanhoe, a remote town in New South Wales, Australia

 

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Jollys Lookout, D’Aguilar National Park, QLD, Australia

 

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King Peak, also called Kings Peak and King's Peak, in Humboldt County, California. It was supposedly named for a US Army Captain.

 

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Longreach, QLD, Australia

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

McDermitt (Fort) Indian Reservation, Nevada

 

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Numinbah Valley, QLD, Australia

I’ve hiked hundreds of kilometres in this country. It’s one of the refuges I return to when I want peace.

 

[Yeshuasdaughter]

Oregon Trail (Missouri to Oregon)

 

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Peace Bridge, spanning the Niagara River and connecting Canada with the United States. This year is the centennial of the start of its construction.

 

[Timelord]

Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

 

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Russky Island, Primorsky Krai, Russia

We went there for a picnic. This was before the bridge was built connecting it to the mainland, so not a lot of people about, rustic little holiday huts…