This course, in the Bois de Vincennes at the eastern edge of Paris, looks like a map, albeit a distorted one of the city. Among the landmarks reproduced on the course, aside from the Eiffel Tower, are the Pantheon (far right) and Notre Dame and Les Invalides in the center.
Jonathan L takes a look back to his 2006 trip to Volgograd, and to the historic battle of Stalingrad, a turning point of World War II.
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Low-lying clouds spoil ProfessorAbe’s photos from a popular viewing point in Tamil Nadu
Jayita enjoys another mountain hike, this one with a street food stall at the end of the trail
A statue of one of Mozart’s characters from The Magic Flute marks the spot where the opera was first performed
The McConnell Mansion is an older home in the Idaho college town of Moscow, with an interesting history.
An astonishing variety of historic hand tools of many trades, almost all collected by one determined man
A statue of one of Mozart’s characters from The Magic Flute marks the spot where the opera was first performed
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