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Tanzanite

Retired public health microbiologist living in the Northern California gold country town of Grass Valley, California, Sierra Nevada foothills. I love hiking, exploring ghost towns and abandoned places, traveling, photography, animals, bird watching, Maine Coon cats, astronomy, cooking, reading, taking online classes especially science, archaeology, museums, mythology, art, & ancient art especially petroglyphs!

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Vancouver, British Columbia

Point Grey Battery Ruins

Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.

asherkaye

Added by asherkaye

Victoria, British Columbia

Emily Carr House

This Italianate house was the childhood home of the prominent Canadian painter, Emily Carr.

SamM

Victoria, British Columbia

The Empress Hotel

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

Luke J Spencer

Added by Luke J Spencer

San Francisco, California

The Wave Organ

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Added by mbison

Santa Rosa, California

Grave of Robert L. Ripley

Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of the man who created the Odditorium.

Gina G

Added by Gina G

Virginia City, Nevada

Comstock Cemeteries

These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Grass Valley, California

Old St. Patrick's Cemetery

Established in 1853, this crumbling cemetery sits forgotten on the corner of Church and Chapel in Gold Country.

Rachel

Added by Rachel

Negril, Jamaica

Blue Hole Mineral Spring

Cavernous opening completely encased in Karst limestone.

Added by Facebook576510681

Falmouth, Jamaica

Glistening Waters

Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.

meganmichelle

Added by meganmichelle

Negril, Jamaica

Floyd's Pelican Bar

You may get stranded and everyone's peeing in the water, but at least there's cocktails!

Added by frenchbot

Runaway Bay, Jamaica

Firewater Pond

The subtle interplay of fire and water is hard to ignore at this remote Jamaican spring.

Added by charmaine70

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

The Arch of Cabo San Lucas

A graceful natural rock formation stands astride the point where the Gulf of California meets the Pacific Ocean.

Added by lcbudd14