The USS Tursk in Baltimore Inner Harbour. This boat, on 14 August 1945, fired a torpedo that sank the last enemy ship by the United States Navy in World War II.
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The Seven Foot Knoll Light is a screw pile lighthouse built in 1855 to sit atop a rocky knoll in Chesapeake bay near Baltimore. It is now on the edge of the harbour. Imagine living in it.
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Dragons in the Inner Harbour of Baltimore having a little rest becasue it is too cold..
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Some trees in their Winter clothes at Fort McHenry, Baltimore USA.
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The entrance to a snowy Fort McHenry in Baltimore. It was in the aftermath of a battle here with the British in 1812 that the "Star Spangled Banner" song was written.
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Some of the Cannon at a snowy Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland which resisted the British invasion of 1812. That was after the British had captured the city of Washington, DC & burnt the Capitol...
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The Tower of Refuge in Douglas Bay on the Isle of man.
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Frankston Pier on Port Philip Bay , near Melbourne on a clear & Sunny day.
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A narrow street in the ancient city of Syracuse in Sicily. This is the place where Archimedes lived, make machines to repel the Roman invaders & yelled "Eureka!"
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Looking across the skyline of Melbourne from the roof of the Shrine of Remembrance
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The Greek Theater in Catania on the Island of Sicily was repurposed by the Romans in the 2nd Century AD.
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LOTS of stairs to the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne Australia
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A rainstorm passes over the Island of Alderney as we approach in the Aurigny Dornier last week.
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Looking down the street to the Duomo of St. Agatha in Catania, Sicily. Originally constructed between 1078–1093, then destroyed by an Earthquake in 1196 rebuilt, then destroyed again by Mt. Etna in 1693 and rebuilt as we see today.
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Looking for the pot of gold in Braye harbour as the Aurigny Dornier arrived on Alderney after rain.
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Another view of the magnificent Freedom Monument in Riga, Latvia It was unveiled in 1935...
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The Monument to the Latvian Riflemen is a striking statue in Riga, Latvia. It is dedicated to the riflemen who defended the Baltic in Wold War 1.
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The House of the Blackheads in Riga, Latvia. originally built in 1334, this guild-house for merchants was bombed to a ruin on 29 June 1941 and finally rebuilt in the 1990's after the fall of the USSR,
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The changing of the guard at the Freedom Monument, Riga , Latvia. This amazing statue was unveiled in 1934, just 6 years before the Russian invasion & occupation of the country.
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St. Peters Church in Riga has a long and amazing history from when it was originated in 1209 right through to being destroyed by artillery fire in 1941 and a rebuild completed in the 1990's
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