Norfolk Southern locomotive at unguarded grade crossing near former Stockyards in Chicago.

Tara Devi Temple, Shimla, India
In the high foothills of the Himalayas, Marilyn Jones visits a temple dedicated to a Hindu goddess of stars

Norfolk Southern locomotive at unguarded grade crossing near former Stockyards in Chicago.

In the high foothills of the Himalayas, Marilyn Jones visits a temple dedicated to a Hindu goddess of stars

Boise has an interesting public art program, converting traffic light boxes into works of art.

It’s sometimes hard to believe the sandstone forms in Bryce Canyon aren’t the ruins of man-made walls

A stop at the historic Japanese Covered Bridge in Hoi An.

At the Botanic Garden’s Japanese Garden, early blossoms are out but neighbors are still bare

In a small shop in Lyon, the store cat has taken up residence among the hot beverages

A fragile lily relative with many names blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Among its other names: snake’s head, chess flower, frog-cup, guinea-hen flower, guinea