Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park) – In A Berlin Minute (Week 47)
The Soviet World War Two Memorial in Treptower Park in Berlin is quite monumental – large in scale and meaning. The “Sowjetisches Ehrenmal in Treptow” was conceived by a collective of Russian artists and…
Green-Wood Cemetery – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 91)
Founded in 1838, Green-Wood Cemetery, in Brooklyn, is a historic landmark. It honors several famous or otherwise important people and served as Brooklyn’s public park before the creation of Prospect Park. The Green-Wood Cemetery is…
Ghost Bikes – In A Brooklyn Minute (Week 85)
Ghost Bikes can be found all over Brooklyn, New York City and most of the world. They are memorials to bicyclists who have been killed on the street. A bike, painted white, gets…
(Uncle) Randy’s Flower Garden – In Another Minute (Week 355)
Scott’s uncle Randy Capp has been tending a lovely flower garden in St. Augustine, Florida, for many years. Today Randy passed away. So I decided to spend a little time this afternoon, honoring…
Hotel Nacional + Plaza de la Revolucion (Vedado, Cuba) – In Another Minute (339)
The Hotel Nacional de Cuba and the Plaza de la Revolucion are two of the main sights worth visiting in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana, Cuba. In Vedado, you will also find the…
Cristóbal Colón Cemetery, Havana (Cuba) – In Another Minute (317)
The Cristóbal Colón Cemetery (span.: Cementerio de Cristóbal Colón) in Havana, Cuba, is one of the most significant cemeteries in Latin America – both historically and architecturally. The Cristóbal Colón Cemetery in the…
Bingham Hill Cemetery – In A Colorado Minute (Week 258)
Bingham Hill Cemetery (between Fort Collins and Laporte, Colorado) may or may not be a haunted cemetery. It is definitely an unusual pioneer graveyard. Established around 1862, it originally held mostly unmarked grave…
Crazy Horse Memorial (South Dakota) – In Another Minute (Week 247)
Crazy Horse Memorial, near Custer, South Dakota, is a huge work-in-progress mountain sculpture of Oglala Lakota warrior Crazy Horse… riding a horse. A similar creative endeavor to the four presidents’ faces on Mount Rushmore…
