Jan
14
2022
spa
a location where mineral-rich spring water (and sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths --wikipedia
Places
Dec
17
2021
cemetery
burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred --wikipedia
Dec
10
2021
Prague
capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 13th largest city in the European Union --wikipedia
Dec
07
2021
Howard Springs Covid Camp, Australia
"This direction is law - every person in quarantine must do what the Direction says." --coronavirus.nt.gov.au
Nov
27
2021
Varanasi, India
Regarded as the spiritual capital of India, the city draws Hindu pilgrims who bathe in the Ganges River’s sacred waters and perform funeral rites. Along the city's winding streets are some 2,000 temples --Google
Nov
27
2021
Vatican City
a distinct territory under "full ownership, exclusive dominion, and sovereign authority and jurisdiction" of the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity of international law, which maintains the city state's temporal, diplomatic, and spiritual independence. --wikipedia
Nov
24
2021
Basilica of Saint-Denis
The basilica became a place of pilgrimage and a necropolis containing the tombs of the French Kings, including nearly every king from the 10th century through Louis XVIII in the 19th century --wikipedia
Nov
22
2021
Kiev, Ukraine
Kyiv or Kiev is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine, with nearly 3 million people --wikipedia
Nov
16
2021
Mount Rushmore
Sculptor Gutzon Borglum created the sculpture's design and oversaw the project's execution from 1927 to 1941 --wikipedia
Nov
05
2021
Tennessee
The Volunteer State. By request.
Nov
02
2021
Christ the Redeemer (statue)
The statue is located at the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro --by request
Nov
02
2021
Camino de Santiago
Known in English as the Way of St. James, [it] is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the apostle Saint James the Great in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela... in Spain, where tradition holds that the remains of the apostle are buried --wikipedia
Nov
02
2021
Sainte-Chapelle
The Sainte-Chapelle is no longer a church. It was secularised after the French Revolution, and is now operated by the French Centre of National Monuments --wikipedia
Nov
02
2021
Venice
a very popular tourist destination, a major cultural centre, and has been ranked many times the most beautiful city in the world. --wikipedia
Nov
01
2021
Sistine Chapel
Without having seen the Sistine Chapel one can form no appreciable idea of what one man is capable of achieving.
— Johann Wolfgang Goethe, 23 August 1787
Oct
30
2021
Tromsø, Norway
A 973-square mile municipality in the Arctic Circle famous for its views of the Northern Lights. It seems to be the highest calibrating geographic area on the planet. By request.
Oct
29
2021
Le Mont-Saint-Michel
A town of 30 people on a tidal island in northwest France visited by 3 million people each year, according to Wikipedia. Also calibrated: the abbey atop the town.
Oct
24
2021
Barcelona
The capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. --wikipedia
Oct
19
2021
Canary Islands
"a Spanish archipelago off the coast of northwestern Africa, are rugged volcanic isles known for their black- and white-sand beaches." --wikipedia
Oct
17
2021
Florence Cathedral
aka Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Flower