Tag: Adventure

From top, left to right: Sunset from Signal Hill, Row Houses, Cabot Tower on Signal Hill, the Basilica of St. John the Baptist, the Confederation Building (WikiCommons)

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Exploring Newfoundland the East Coast of Canada (video by Marin Trask) St. John’s is the capital and largest city in Newfoundland and Labrador on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula. The city has a rich history and Newfoundlanders will go out of their way to make visitors feel welcome. Regardless of the season, the City of St. John’s is […]

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Portland Maine, United States

Portland Maine, United States

Updated with the latest information as of today, December 30, 2020 Portland is located on a peninsula in Casco Bay on the Southern Maine coast approximately 100 miles (161 km) north of Boston, Massachusetts. Portland is a small seaside city with a population of 65,000 and a high concentration of shops, restaurants, museums, galleries, tours and many things to see […]

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Baku, Azerbaijan

Baku, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan or the Republic of Azerbaijan is a country in the South Caucasus at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west and Iran to the south. Azerbaijan is a unitary semi-presidential republic. It is one of six independent Turkic […]

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Heraklion, Greece

Heraklion, Greece

Greece abounds in blockbuster sights, and Heraklion, the sprawling capital of its largest island, Crete, is gateway to two of them: the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, with its unparalleled collection of ancient Minoan art; and the nearby Palace of Knossos, one of the world’s great archaeological attractions. Most of Heraklion’s iconic landmarks- such as the Koules fortress, Lions Fountain, Venetian Loggia, […]

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Boise, Idaho, United States

Boise, Idaho, United States

Boise, Idaho, has been called the best place for millennials to live in the US. Boise, is the capital and largest city in Idaho, U.S., and the county seat (1864) of Ada county. It lies along the Boise River in the southwestern part of the state. Because mountains to the north protect it from the Canadian blizzards, Boise has relatively […]

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Why Nature Is Therapeutic

Why Nature Is Therapeutic

Humans crave a connection with nature. From gardening and horticulture to taking a stroll through the park or hiking through the mountains, man has found solace in nature for centuries. But with a rapidly deteriorating environment, shortage of open spaces, fear of “stranger-danger” during outdoor playtime, and an emerging culture of technology-obsessed youth, American life is punctuated by nature deprivation […]

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Exploring Russia’s Far Eastern City of Petropavlovsk – Gateway to the Stunning Kamchatka Peninsula

Exploring Russia’s Far Eastern City of Petropavlovsk – Gateway to the Stunning Kamchatka Peninsula

Petropavlovsk is the cultural center of Kamchatka Krai, Russia with a population of approximately 179,780 Petropavlovsk (Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) is a port city and the capital of Kamchatka oblast. It is located in northern Kazakhstan, far eastern Russia. The city of Petropavlovsk provides access to Kamchatka Peninsula in the south-eastern Russian. It has a small museum with excellent collection of indigenous and […]

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