Summer Clouds

  Blue Ridge Parkway 

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a National Parkway and All-American Road in the United States, noted for its scenic beauty. The parkway, which is America's longest linear park, runs through  Virginia and North Carolina,   linking Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It runs mostly along the spine of the Blue Ridge, a major mountain chain that is part of the Appalachian Mountain.

Sent by Ree on 4 Oct, 2018 from North Carolina

 

Stars and Stripes

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Geneseo, New York

Geneseo is a town in Livingston County in the Finger Lakes region of New York, United States. 

The Bear Fountain sits in the center of Geneseo village's Main Street. In this picture, it is decorated with flags for Memorial Day. The village and town are known today mainly as the home of the State University of New York at Geneseo.

Receive on 14 Jun, 2018

Sent by David (Geneseo, U.S.A.)

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Iwo Jima Statue

The United States Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Memorial) is a national memorial located in Arlington County, Virginia, in the United States. The war memorial was inspired by the iconic 1945 photograph of six Marines raising a U.S. flag atop Mount Suribachi during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II.

Received on 8 Aug, 2013 

Sent by Claire ( Las Vegas, Nevada)

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Boston old State House adorned for the centennial celebrations of 1876. The Old State House is a historic building in Boston, Massachusetts. Built in 1713, it was the seat of the Massachusetts General Court until 1798. It is one of the oldest public buildings in the United States.

Received on 29 Apr, 2019

Sent by James (Cambridge, Massachusetts) 

Buildings

 New Zealand
Beehive, Wellington

The Beehive is the common name for the Executive Wing of the New Zealand Parliament Buildings, located at the corner of Molesworth Street and Lambton Quay, Wellington. It is so-called because its shape is reminiscent of that of a traditional woven form of beehive known as a "skep". It is registered as a Category I heritage building by Heritage New Zealand. Construction was completed in 1981. The building houses the offices of the prime minister and other ministers.

Sent by Xavier in Wellington, New Zealand
on 31 Oct, 2016
travel time 18 days
distance travelled 17,042 km

Spain

Palacio de Fomento (Ministry of Agriculture), Madrid

The Palace of Fomento, also known as the Ministry of Agriculture Building, is a nineteenth-century office building in Madrid, Spain. Designed by Ricardo Velázquez Bosco. The building's name has changed over the years reflecting the official name of the Ministry which occupies it. It was originally occupied by the Ministerio de Fomento (Ministry of Public Works and Transport). 

Sent by Heiko in Freiburg, Germany
sent on 20 Aug, 2019
travel time 6 days
distance travelled 1,852 km

China

Qingdao Office building

Qingdao is a major city in the east of Shandong Province on China's Yellow Sea coast. It is also a major nodal city of the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) Initiative that connects Asia with Europe. 

Sent by WenZhu in Wuhan China
on 23 Jul, 2019
travel time 16 days
distance travelled 7,131 km

Monticello.  Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

West front early spring

Monticello was the primary plantation of Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States. Located just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, in the Piedmont region.  Due to its architectural and historic significance, the property has been designated a National Historic Landmark. In 1987 Monticello and the nearby University of Virginia, also designed by Jefferson, were together designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Sent by Ilyse on 2 Jun, 2018 from Richmond

University of Virginia

 The Lawn

Direct swap from Birgitta, Virginia, U.S.A.

University of Virginia is a public institution that was founded in 1819. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 16,736, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 1,682 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Virginia's ranking in the 2017 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 24. 

Virginian yliopisto  on julkinen tutkimusyliopisto Yhdysvalloissa. Se sijaitsee Charlottesvillessä Virginiassa, ja sen perusti Thomas Jefferson vuonna 1819. Vuonna 2016 U.S. News & World Report -⁠lehden rankingissä Virginian yliopisto sijoitettiin 24. tilalle parhaiden yhdysvaltalaisyliopistojen joukossa. 

Yliopiston tunnetuihin alumneihin kuuluvat senaattori Edward Kennedy ja journalisti Katie Couric. Kirjailija Edgar Allan Poe sai aikoinaan eropassit yliopistosta hävittyään opiskelurahansa uhkapelissä, mutta hänen asuntolahuoneensa on museoitu. (Wikipedia)

National Wildlife Refuge

The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is the largest intact remnant of a vast habitat that once covered more than one million acres of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina.

From Lara, Virginia, U.S.A.