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Chichen-Itza is one of the most well known of the Maya ruins on The Yucatan peninsula in Mexico. Chichen-Itza, which means Mouth of the Well of the Itzas is named so because of the sacred cenote that exists on the edge of the archaeological site, and the Itzas that came to live and rule in the city.

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Uxmal is the Maya word for the place of plentiful harvests. Ux meaning harvest and mal meaning a repeated number or action. This site is located in the center of the Puuc region where there are a few very fertile hills, the only hills in the landscape for hundreds of kilometers across the Yucatan peninsula.

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Tulum means The Walled City. The wall itself is an unusual feature of the city, being only one of two walled cities found so far on The Yucatan peninsula. The ruins are heavily fortified on three sides by a twenty-foot thick by thirteen-foot high wall, with the fourth side dropping off of a spectacular cliff into the Caribbean. It was known for its strong fortifications and its location as an ancient watch point, guarding the trade routes from both sea and land and even serving as an important center of commerce for the region.

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Ek Balam means The Black Jaguar. This site is known primarily for "The Maya Angel" and the carvings on The Acropolis.

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Cobá is a beautiful, rustic, site that has barely begun its restoration. Many of its buildings remain as a heap of rocks covered in vegetation and trees. The groups of buildings that have been restored are sometimes more than a kilometer apart, connected by sacbes, or white roads.

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Random images from traveling on the Yucatan Peninsula.

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Cathedral Notre-Dame (pre-fire) in the center of Paris, France.

Père Lachaise cemetery takes its name from King Louis XIV's confessor, Father François d'Aix de La Chaise and sits in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. Walking its paths will take you past the graves of some of the most famous people in history.

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Images from the Louvre Museum.

Images from the Rodin Museum.

The Eiffel Tower on an early spring, gray and rainy, day in Paris, France.

Saint-Denis was the first Gothic Cathedral to be built in France over the grave of Saint Denis. The cathedral holds the remains of most of the Kings and Queens of France, including Marie Antionette and Louis Seize.

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Mosharabi at the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris, France. Traditionally, mosharabi are windows between rooms that let in air flow to control temperature. In this case, they solar workings of the windows control temperature within the building.

Shakespeare and Company is an old and famous English language book shop on the Left Bank in Paris, France.

Monntmartre is home to Sacre Coeur and many artists of Paris.

Marks on walls are everywhere in Paris.

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Random images from around Paris.

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Château de Fontainebleau was originally built as a hunting lodge in Fontainebleau, France

Chartres is a small town not far outside of Paris. Home to Chartres Cathedral, famous for its stained glass windows and mismatched spires that loom over the town.

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Reims Cathedral is one of the finest examples of high gothic architecture and is famous for the number of statues it holds.

L'Eglise Notre-Dame d'Epernay and the Moet Chandon cellars are both in the town of Epernay, France.

La Basilique de Notre-Dame-de-l'Epine, Champagne Region, France

Champagne is both a region and a province in the northeast of France known for it's bubbly wine, fields of grapes, and history.

Beauvais is a city/commune about 75-miles north of Paris. It is home to the Beauvais Cathedral and many brick and timber homes.

Vincennes is a military fort in the southeast suburb of the same name near Paris.

Images from the Musee d'Orsay.

Images from Cazanne's Studio in Aix-en-Provence. At the time I visited the studio, people were not permitted to photograph the actual painting studio, only the exterior.

Images of Église Saint-Jean-de-Malte / Church of Saint John of Malta, a Roman Catholic church in Aix-en-Provence, France.

Images from Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur d'Aix-en-Provence et Cloitre / Aix Cathedral and Cloisters.

Random images from around Aix-en-Provence

Images from the little village of Ventabren which is a little over 9-miles to the north-west of Aix-en-Provence.

Images from Marseille, France.

Random images from Arles, France.

Les Alyscamps is an old burial site in Arles in the South of France. The road leading to the Romanesque church is lined with sarcophagi and is a peaceful place to walk. Vincent Van Gogh made a number of paintings of this place during his time in Arles.

Saint-Trophime on Place de la République in Arles, France.

Images from Tarascon, France.

A few images from Beaucaire, a town across the Rhone from Tarascon, France.

Limontour Beach is part of the Point Reyes National Seashore which is un Marin County on the Pacific coast of Northern California in the United States.

Point Reyes National Seashore is in Marin County on the Pacific coast of northern California in the United States. Chimney Rock sits at the south end of the Point Reyes Peninsula.

The Point Arena Lighthouse is a 154-year-old lighthouse on the coast in Mendicino County, about two miles north of the town of Point Arena.

Having a lunch of Shakshuka at the Lightwave Cafe in Monte Rio before heading to the beach in Sonoma County, California.

Calaveras Big Trees is just below Arnold on Highway 4 in Calaveras County in the California foothills of the Sierras. The Stanislaus River runs through it.

Angels Camp is a small Gold Rush town that sits along Angels Creek in Calaveras County in the California foothills of the Sierras.

Murphys is a small Gold Rush town that sits just off of Highway 4 in Calaveras County in the California foothills of the Sierras.

Sutter Creek is one of the gold mining towns along Highway 49 in the Sierra foothills of California.

Columbus Ave - Is it Chinatown? Is it North Beach? Is it part of the seedy intersection of Columbus and Broadway? It's a mix.

Vesuvio Cafe sits on the corner of Columbus and Jack Kerouac Alley (formerly Adler) on the edge of North Beach and next to Chinatwon. It was made popular by The Beat writers who frequented it. The bar is across the alley from City Lights Bookstore.

Images from the Vesuvio Bar in North Beach, San Francisco, California.

Fishermans Wharf is a famous tourist spot in San Francisco.

A winter's Day on Stinson Beach after winter storms. Men taking brave dips into the ocean. Stuff washed up on beach.

Some parts of the Marin Headlands are beautiful in different ways than the surrounding landscape.

Fort Ross is an historic Russian fort on Highway 1 in Sonoma County. in Northern California.

Salt Point on the California Coast in Sonoma County.

Landscapes on Mount Diablo, California

Point Reyes National Seashore is home to the Tule Elk.

Point San Pablo Harbor is a quirky out of the way destination just north of the Richmond Bridge near Point Richmond, California.

Images from May 2021 on Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County in Northern California.

Welcome To Oakland

La Farine Bakery in Oakland California.

Bodie State Historic Park is the remains of Bodie, 19th-century ghost town that was a silver and copper mining town in the eastern California desert. The entrance road off of the eastern side of Highway 395 is between Bridgeport and Mono Lake.

Bodie is a ghost town off of Highway 395 in the Eastern Sierra of California. It is a California State Park. These are a few black and white images from the town.

Bodie State Historic Park is the remains of Bodie, 19th-century ghost town that was a silver and copper mining town in the eastern California desert.

Mono Lake is one of the oldest lakes in the United States. It is a saline lake that is home to a number of migrating birds, including California gulls.

Images taken at Mono Lake, October 2016. Most images were taken early in the morning as the sun was rising, or late in the evening towards sunset. Therefore some images might have strong lighting or high grain.

Mt. Shasta sits in Siskiyou County in Northern California at the base of the Cascade Range. It is revered for spiritual reasons and for its excellent hiking trails.

Images take at the end of the summer season on Mt. Shasta - September/October 2016

Images of Redwood Trees

The Wood Tavern has excellent food and friendly atmosphere. Located at 6317 College Avenue in Oakland, California.

Images from St. Francis Fountain on 24th Street in The Mission of San Francisco.

Images from City Lights Bookstore in North Beach in San Francisco, California.

Images from around North Beach in San Francisco.

Images of the Golden Gate Bridge, different angles and details.

The San Francisco Mission

Images from the 2019 Day of the Dead celebration in the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland.

Images taken while on a walk at Goat Rock State Beach in Sonoma County, California.

ARCHIVAL: Items found in Ohmega Salvage, a salvage and architectural recycling store at 2400 San Pablo Avenue Berkeley, California. The store is now closed permanently.

Images from Big Sur

Drive along the coast of Big Sur, California.

Deetjen's Big Sur Inn is a treasure on the Big Sur Coastline. Stay for the night, or just stop in for breakfast while you are in the area.

Sometimes the sun never comes out in Big Sur and sometimes it shines so bright.

Images from Echo Lake, at Echo Summit on the way to Lake Tahoe in the Sierras of California.

Images taken with the iPhone X while on a road trip up Highway 108 to the Sonora Pass int the Sierras of California.

"The Napa Valley Wine Train provides a relaxing three-hour, thirty-six mile round-trip journey from the historic town of Napa, through one of the world's most well known wine valleys to the quaint village of St. Helena, and back." -- from the Nappa Valley Wine Train web site.

Images from Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California.

Images made out at Ocean Beach in San Francisco, California.

The People's Park Mural on Haste Street in Berkeley, California. Painted by Osha Neumann and Brian Thiele. For editorial use only.

Apples ripening on a tree.

Indian Corn is an ornamental multicolored corn that symbolizes the harvest season in the fall.

Still Lifes with Vegetables

Fresh organic Santa Rosa plums just picked off of the tree.

Egg still lifes.

Mulitcolored Indian corn is a harvest season staple.

One of the most colorful items in a harvest display.

Piles of fresh produce and random shots from the Saturday Berkeley Farmers' Market.

Kitchen still life of eggs.

Berries, berries, and more berries!

Fruit sitting around.

Random taco images, from both taquerias and home made.

Art studios are full of color, nooks and crannies to explore, and of course, a lot of art and work.

Art studios are full of color!

Old analog cameras.

Koi swimming in their pond.

Still lifes with Flowers.

Images from throughout Prague.

Images from Prague Castle and Saint Vitus Cathedral.

Many of the addresses in the Old Town of Prague are given as symbols instead of numbers. These symbols are usually above the door and make for quite the scavenger hunt!

Brickwork patterns and street surfaces in Prague.

Images from the Jewish Cemetery in Prague.

Images from a rainy day in Petrin Park.

Kutna Hora is home to The Bone Church, a Gothic Cathedral, and a Gothic Ossuary.

Dolni Bezdekov is a small village about 17-kilometers outside of Prague. It happens to be the village where my Grandfather was born and spent part of his childhood. I went there for genealogical research.