Roadside marker and grave between Punalu’u and Kona
Roadside Markers and Graves in Hawaii
All along Route 11 on the Big Island of Hawaii are memorial markers, monuments, and graves for those who have lost their lives. In addition to the monuments are quite a few roadside cemeteries. Above is one of the most interesting ones I [...]
Pacific Tsunami Museum
130 Kamehameha Ave * Hilo, HI 96720-2833 * (808) 935-0926 * http://www.tsunami.org/ *
The Pacific Tsunami Museum is a non-profit run organization spreading the awareness and preparedness for the natural disaster of the tsunami. They believe through education and awareness no one ever should die again in Hawaii from a tsunami. They also act [...]
Hearse Con: Gary (white), Zach (black), and Ghostbusters; then parade
15th Annual Emma Crawford 2009 Coffin Races
* 1-800-642-2567 * manitousprings.org* 12 pm - 3 pm * Every October * Manitou Springs, ColoradoThis is one of the spectacular festivals that makes Manitou Springs sorta-unique especially as a place where people can be strange, different, and freakish. It [...]
View of Colorado Springs from Crystal Park
Crystal Park, Colorado
“Where the Mountains meet the sky” or a.k.a. “the gem of the Rockies”. Is a area and settlement nestled Pike’s Peak, Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, and Broadmoor Hotel. It is a settlement of over 2,000 privately owned acres of forest / mountain land. It’s named [...]
Every year, I take an epic saga, a sort of “living myth”. Following are the last two European quests that I had an “adventure of a lifetime” with. Enjoy! and please comment on these working sagas …
Part 1: Lady of the Rhine, Quest of Ring:
Chapter 1: Preface
Chapter 1: Gargrave to Malham
Chapter 1b: Night [...]
Mons, Belgium
Population [2006] is 91,221 (47.78% male / 52.22% female)
Mons is a city and municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut and is considered a Walloon city (French). At Spiennes some of the best flint tools in Europe were found dating from the Neolithic period and were the first signs of activity in the [...]
[see red thin building scrunched in the middle]
The world’s thinnest or smallest house
Amsterdam, The NetherlandsClaimed to be the narrowest house in the world, it is most certain the thinnest in all of Amsterdam is located at Singel 7. It is just a meter wide (3 1/2 feet), barely wider than the front door. Its a [...]
Begijnhof and Chapel *Zandvoorterweg 78 * 2111 GZ Aerdenhout * Tel. 023-5246229 * Fax. 023-5440081 * info: info@stille-omgang.nl * website: www.stille-omgang.nl
Amsterdam, Hollandhttp://www.begijnhofamsterdam.nl/It was here, at the Begijnhof that a few days before Palm Sunday on March 15, 1345 a sick man in the Kalverstraat took the Sacrament of the sick from the local priest. [...]
The Old Church (Oude Kerk) in the Red Light District* http://www.oudekerk.nl/ * Amsterdam, The NetherlandsThe Oude Kerk is the oldest parish church in Amsterdam. It was consecrated in 1306 by the bishop of Utrecht and is located in the De Wallen, Amsterdam’s main red-light district. The church spans over 3,000 square meters. Its foundation was [...]
New Amsterdam free tour meeting place at the monument in De Dam square
New Amsterdam Free Walking TourRain or shine this tour meets every day at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm in front of Centraal Station, and Starts at 11:15 am and 1:15 pm at Dam Square in front of the National Monument. It is Free.Again, [...]