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  1. National Park of "Ordesa y Monte Perdido"

    The National Park of "Ordesa y Monte Perdido" is situated in the Spanish side of the Pyrenees at Huesca, Aragón.
    Declared a National Park in 1918 by a Royal Decree, this IUCN Category II National Park becomes every year meeting point for mountaineers and
    families around Europe and even overseas.
    Today it has 156 km² and it's included in the Biosphere Reserve of "Ordesa-Viñamala" declared by UNESCO in 1997.

    Its orography is dominated by the calcareous mass (the biggest of Europe) of the massiff of the Three "Sorores", "Treserols", whose greater elevation is the "Monte Perdido" (3355m), from which in a more or less radial form descend a series of impressive mountainous crests and glacial valleys beeing the most characteristic the "Ordesa Canyon (or Valley)".

    In the French territory it's called "Pyrenees" National Park and it shares with Spain wonderful places like the "Circus of Gavarnie" (a glacial cirque with the highest waterfall in Europe with more than 400 meters of vertical fall) or the impressive "Brecha de Rolando -Brèche de Roland in french-" a natural gap, 40m across and 100m high at an altitude of 2804m.

  2. Washington Monument

    This is the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

  3. "Halo" of the Labor Legacy monument

    In 2001, the Detroit Cultural Affairs and Recreation Dept., Detroit 300, and Mayor's office designated a site for the project. More than 120 artists and sculptors registered for a competition, and heard labor representatives challenge them to create art that would honor the working women and men who built our city, inform visitors about labor's heritage, and inspire all with labor's vision for the future.

  4. Valley of the Flowers

    Located less then an hour outside of Karakol near the small village of Jeti Oguz is the Valley of the Flowers. The best time to visit is during late May and June.

  5. Sawback Prescribed Burn

    Along a five kilometer section on the Bow Valley Parkway a prescribed burn, started by Parks Canada in 1993, can be seen.

  6. Cirino's at Main Street

    This charming little restaurant, located in the heart of Grass Valley, CA, claims to be "voted best lunch restaurant in Nevada County." We haven't eaten at many restaurants in Nevada County, but I would not challenge their claim. The food was delicious, and the service was attentive and friendly but not obtrusive.

    We were there for lunch (they also serve dinner) and my husband had the Ortega Chile Hamburger and I had Grilled Turkey with melted Jack cheese on top of marinated artichoke hearts.

  7. Altyn Arashan

    Altyn Arashan (Golden Spa in Kyrgyz) is a hot-springs hotel located in a high mountain valley above Karakol. Don't let the term "hot-springs hotel" fool you - this isn't your typical spa.

  8. Zoar Valley

    Located in the towns of Otto, Parsia, and Collins, this 2,927-acre park laced with hundreds of adrenaline-producing hiking trails features scenic waterfalls cascading down from cliffs reaching heights of 500 feet. Famous for its natural beauty, it offers the outdoor enthusiast a perfect place to explore and photograph.

  9. Tornareccio, The Sangro Valley, & surrounding Chieti/Abruzzo

  10. Intel Museum

    The Intel Museum in Silicon Valley is a fun and educational kid-friendly hands-on museum with activities that even the youngest computer enthusiast will appreciate. Among the essential items to see are: computer chip wafers, the silicon ingot and some of the first PCs and their components to enter homes in the early 1980s.