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It also divides the city along ethnic lines: Muslims, Christians, and Orthodox. Many locals have never crossed the bridge to the other side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014431976-ZDNNM3EUQ9EPTYF8D3X1/IMG_5416.jpeg Interesting places - Mostar Bridge, Bosnia The bridge is a great engineering achievement. It also divides the city along ethnic lines: Muslims, Christians, and Orthodox. Many locals have never crossed the bridge to the other side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014406561-SEYVEY2TBDO1Q3R714AU/IMG_1552.jpeg Interesting places - Trabant car From DDR Museum in Berlin. It is also called Trabi, made of hard plastic from the Soviet Union. In East Berlin, families often had to wait more than 10 years to purchase one. I got to drive it in the museum! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014417470-F690DOJR4KN5OL6WPFG7/IMG_7389.jpeg Interesting places - Atomic Bomb Dome Also called Genbaku Dome. It was the only structure left standing in the area where the first atomic bomb exploded on 6 August 1945 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014406646-446976BAT6ZNF40KQARH/dscf7611.jpeg Interesting places - Holocaust Memorial, Berlin Designed by the New York architect Peter Eisenman, there are a total of 2711 concrete slabs of different heights. This image is by Vivian Cromwell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014405787-VUPWVFKR4RF41ZZX9W4P/IMG_2111.jpeg Interesting places - Tallinn, Estonia During World War II, Estonia was first occupied by the Red Army and annexed into the USSR in 1940, then occupied by Nazi Germany from 1941 to 1944. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014413017-79RZTRRYM0CEC2FLXD8G/IMG_4857.jpeg Interesting places - Nazca Lines, Peru Composed of over 10,000 lines, the figures are most visible from the air or nearby hilltops. The lines were made so large to make their gods see them and pray for water. It was constructed more than 2000 years ago! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014408306-YU7E9OC1CZEPFLYZ4NRZ/IMG_7220.jpeg Interesting places - Stolperstein in Berlin Known as “Stolpersteine”, or “stumbling stones”, there are now more than 70,000 such memorial blocks laid in more than 1,200 cities and towns across Europe and Russia. Each commemorates a victim outside their last-known freely chosen residence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014410946-STNJIQQNAMSG45JF62AU/IMG_4734.jpeg Interesting places - The tunnels of Củ Chi Near Ho Chi Minh. It was built by Communist guerrilla troops in order to combat better-supplied American and South Vietnamese forces during the Vietnam War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014408786-OR5ATZABTTRS9CT4PBVH/IMG_6055.jpeg Interesting places - Bai people, China We were invited to a family of Bai people for lunch, near Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan China https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014411233-7IJFQIE9IOZTLYH6660A/dscf7858.jpeg Interesting places - Batu Caves, Malaysia The limestone forming Batu Caves is said to be around 400 million years old. Built-in 1891, the Hindu shrine is dedicated to Lord Murugan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014407417-W47ETANQ1AMFHDBD3H1T/IMG_7194.jpeg Interesting places - Berlin Wall The guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. The barrier separating Berlin into east and west consisted of two concrete walls between which was a “death strip” up to 160 yards wide that contained hundreds of watchtowers, https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014412271-JV0K0QDORXKTGCXLA6YK/IMG_8390.jpeg Interesting places - Hagia Sophia, Istanbul The mosque was originally built by the eastern Roman emperor between 532 and 537. It has both Islamic and Christian influences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014412940-Q23EAIUPEWMBIDV3LKOH/IMG_8714.jpeg Interesting places - Le Café Van Gogh, Arles France It is featured in Van Gough’s painting: Café Terrace at Night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014413522-37PMM4V9API7QEQJL9W8/IMG_2342.jpeg Interesting places - Moray Valley Peru The mysterious Inca ruins have drawn many debates! It was built between the 12th and mid-14th centuries but Inca has no written language, so nobody really knows the purpose of it. Some believe it is an experimental farm, others believe it is an irrigation system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014414564-8D0AK4GU3VSRZ6IBAPPS/IMG_2129.jpeg Interesting places - Machu Picchu Peru Built in the 15th century, dry-stone walls that fuse huge blocks without the use of mortar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014478639-VBFBLYEMI89S6ZM0XG9M/Screen+Shot+2022-08-08+at+4.24.54+PM.png Interesting places - Mount Vesuvius, Italy The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 destroyed the Roman cities. More than 1,000 people are thought to have died in the eruption. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014417896-097PRPIDAZTKQQ5SXQDE/_DSF6243.jpeg Interesting places - Todoji Temple, Nara, Japan The temple was constructed in 752 as the head temple of Japan and grew so powerful that the capital was moved from Nara to Nagaoka in 784 in order to lower the temple's influence on government affairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014418745-SXR7AHD2OU2FNYGLOTCV/IMG_4606.jpeg Interesting places - Xinjiang, China Uyghur in China, they are mostly Turkic. The area became Islamified during the 10th century https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014418574-VJ1IU37WI89FYDM6Z50O/_dsf3629.jpeg Interesting places - Jiaohe ruins, China From 108 BC to 450 AD Jiaohe was the capital of the Anterior Jushi Kingdom. It was an important path on the silk road. It had a population of 7,000 according to Tang dynasty records. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014420567-IPK8XA2PYE922D5IQKUS/IMG_4146.jpeg Interesting places - Terra Cotta Warrior, Xian China They were built in approximately the late third century BCE, but didn’t get discovered until 1974. There are about 8000 soldiers. It was a myth that many believed human remains inside the Terracotta, which is not true. However, all of the craftsmen who participated in the construction were buried alive to keep it secrete. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fe93a737c3a797c97cf3cff/1660014423338-HMSVIKKISBE4J9MA9C2M/dscf3061.jpeg Interesting places - Ayutthaya, Thailand Nobody knows for certain how the Buddha's head became entwined in the roots of the tree. Ayutthaya was at one point the capital of the Kingdom of Siam. 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