Cliff Dwellings

 

Ancient cliff dwellings found at Montezuma Well.  This area is part of the Montezuma Castle National Monument but it is located several miles away from the "castle".  

Near Rimrock, Arizona

City Skyline

 

A view of the city skyline over the Polo Grounds.

Buenos Aires, Argentina 

The City

 The skyline of the part of London called "The City".  An area full of business and banking and very tall and sometimes unusually shaped buildings.

London England

Mausoleum Avenue

 

One of the many "streets" inside the Recoleta Cemetery.  Rows and rows of mausoleums make up this 'city-of-the-dead'.  

Buenos Aires Argentina

Rainy Walk Along the Canal

 

It's been a very long time since I was in Bruges Belgium but I still have fond memories of a long and damp walk along the canal.  The boat tied to the side of the canal made this scene perfect.

Bruges Belgium

The Peacock Doors

 

When you step inside the front doors of the Palmer House Hotel in Chicago, you will see these beautiful bronze doors depicting peacocks.  The doors were designed by Lois Comfort Tiffany and were once the doors to the House of Peacock Jewelry Store.  

Chicago Illinois

Memorial Statue

 

The Edith Cavell Memorial is located outside the St. Martin-in-the-Field Church across the street from Trafalgar Square.

Edith Cavell was a nurse who treated the wounded during WWI.

London England

Stonehenge

 

Heading toward Stonehenge

Near Salisbury England

The Space Needle

 

The Space Needle

Seattle Washington

The Wheelwright Museum

 

A very modest entrance to an amazingly beautiful museum.  The Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian feature exhibitions to go along with its collection of Native American artworks.

The Museum can be found on Museum Hill.

Santa Fe New Mexico

Egyptian Tomb

 

A replica of an ancient Egyptian Tomb inside the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum.

San Jose California

The Mission Inn

 

A view across the courtyard of the Mission Inn.  A historic hotel.

Riverside California

St. Mary-Le-Bow

 

Inside St. Mary-Le-Bow church in the City of London, a Church of England parish.  The church is widely known for its bells.  Traditionally, anyone born within earshot of the bells was known as a true Londoner or Cockney.

London England

Sweet Temptations

 

Tempting sweets inside the famous Food Halls of Harrods Department Store.  Yes, I did indulge in a few of these tempting chocolates.

London England

Spanish Style Church

 

The Laguna Presbyterian Church.  A beautiful discovery on a walk around town.

Laguna Beach, California

The Morgan Library

 

The Morgan Library and Museum was completed in 1906 as the private library of banker J. P Morgan.  Today it is a museum featuring exhibits and other attractions and of course, Morgan's collection of art and books from all over the world.

New York, New York

Castle in the Air

 

Castel Ivano looks like a castle in the air from the highway below.  This is a medieval fortress in the north of Italy.

Castel Ivano Italy

Florin Court

 

Anyone who was a fan of Masterpiece Theatre's "Agatha Christie's Poirot" will recognize this building.  It's where Hercule had a wonderful Art Deco styled apartment.  For the shows it was renamed Whitehaven Mansions but in real life it's called Florin Court.

London England

Bulldog Trust

 

A sign hanging on the building at 2 Temple Place representing the Bulldog Trust, a charitable organization that uses the building regularly.  

London England

Roman Remains

 

The remains of the wall that was built around the town of "Londinium" by the Roman settlers.  The wall dates back to 200 AD.

London England

The Lord Mayor's State Coach

 

The Lord Mayor's state coach can be seen at the London Museum.  The coach is used for ceremonial purposes.

London England

The Undercroft

 

The Undercroft is a passageway underneath the Lincoln's Inn Chapel.  It was once a burial place and you can still see grave markers on the pavement.

London England

Italian Villa

 

Villa Pisani, a late-Baroque palace on the mainland of the Veneto in Northern Italy.

Stra Italy

Cliff Dwellings

 

Montezuma's Castle built by the Sinaugua People, a pre-Columbian civilization.  

Near Camp Verde Arizona

Temple Church

 

Temple Church lit by the late afternoon sun.  Temple Church was built by the Knights Templar to be their English headquarters. It was consecrated in February of 1185 during the rein of King John. The history in this place runs deep.

London England

The Queen of Time

 

The Queen of Time is a sculptural clock that stands above the main entrance to Selfridge's Department store.  It was created by Gilbert Bayes and installed in 1931.

London England

Thanks for the Rain

 

A statue called "Thanks for the Rain" was created by Joe Beeler and stands in front of the Desert Caballeros Western Museum in Wickenburg.

Wickenburg Arizona

Meeting of the Waters

 

The Meeting of the Waters Fountain in downtown St. Louis represents the meeting of the Mississippi River and the Missouri River.  

St. Louis Missouri