La Fonda

 

The La Fonda Hotel

Santa Fe New Mexico

School Tour

 

School children visiting Stonehenge.

Near Salisbury, England

Temple Square

 

Temple Square, a 10-acre complex of church facilities owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Salt Lake City, Utah

Historic Hotel

 

Inside the historic La Posada Hotel, the last of the Fred Harvey Railroad hotels.

Winslow Arizona

River Tour

 

Tourists getting a river level view of Florence Italy.  A boat tour on the River Arno.

Florence Italy

A Founder of Chicago

 

The bust of Jean-Baptiste Point DuSable (1745-1818) born in St. Marc Haiti. In the 1770's he opened the first trading post beside the Chicago River establishing a settlement that became Chicago.

Chicago Illinois

VLA

 

A view taking in just 6 of the 27 antennas that make up the very large array.  Each antenna weights 230 ton.  The facility is locate 50 miles west of Socorro New Mexico.  It is part of the National Radio Observatory facilities located around the globe. Visitors can tour the facility and learn about how it works and see images taken from the telescope.

50 miles West of Socorro New Mexico

Famous Clock

 

A 9-foot tall Victorian timepiece from the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. It was commissioned by Queen Victoria.  It is located in the grand lobby of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

New York, New York

Canal Scene

 

A view along one of the canals in the city of Venice.

Venice Italy

Golden Owl Clock

 

A golden owl sits atop a multi-faced clock located on the exterior of a building on King William Street. The building once was the headquarters for Guardian Royal Exchange Insurance Company.

London England

Town Square

 

The town square in Asolo Italy centers around the fountain once carrying the town's water supply.

Asolo Italy

Villa la Gaeta

 

Villa la Gaeta is a 1921 castle-like villa overlooking Lake Como.  It played a role in a the James Bond movie "Casino Royale" in the last scene.  

San Siro, Lake Como, Italy

Temple Chambers

 

Beautiful entrance to Temple Chambers, an office building housing office for the legal profession along with small businesses.  

London England

Fountain Court

 

Fountain Court, Middle Temple is a popular place for lawyers and clerks to have lunch or meet a friend.

London England

Perseus

 

Statue of Perseus with the head of Madusa created by Benvento Cellini located on the plaza outside the Uffizi Museum.

Florence Italy

Time For Dessert

 Ristorante Beccherie, said to be the birthplace of Tiramisu.  

Treviso Italy

Historic Home

 

Inside one of the two living areas at the Riordan Mansion. It was a large family home occupied by two brothers and their wives and children. 

Flagstaff Arizona

The Bean

 

The sculpture called Cloud Gate created by Anish Kapoor.  It's known to Chicagoans as "the bean".  It's a popular destination at Millennium Park in downtown Chicago.

Chicago Illinois

Mission Chapel

 

Inside the Mission Chapel at Mission San Juan Capistrano.

San Juan Capistrano California 

Athabasca Glacier

 

Standing on the Athabasca Glacier part of the Columbia Ice Fields.

Jasper National Park, Alberta Canada

Traditional Helper

 A very tall sculpture of "Waokiye" a traditional helper in the Lakota language.  It's located on the grounds of Cabot's Pueblo Museum.

Desert Hot Springs California

Meet a Grizzly Bear

 

Get up close to a grizzly bear at Bearizona, a drive-thru zoo containing bears and buffalo and other creatures of the Arizona high country.

Near Williams Arizona

O. K. Corral

 

Witness a recreation of the gunfight at O. K. Corral just inside these gates.

Tombstone Arizona

Copper Mining

 

A scene overlooking the Resolution Copper Mine.

Near Superior Arizona

Bottle Wall

 

A wall made of wine bottles outside one of the many wineries in Mendoza Argentina

Mendoza Argentina 

United Nations

 

Flags surrounding the United Nations Buildings

New York, New York

Spaceport America

 

Entering Spaceport America a FAA licensed spaceport used by multiple companies to research space travel and to launch satellites and experimental aircraft.  The building ahead is owned by Virgin Gallactic. 

Near Truth or Consequences New Mexico

Architectural Details

 

Architectural details from the rooftop garden area of the Mission Inn.

Riverside, California