Sept. 11, 2019

Vimy (France) - Trenches, signs and monuments

There's of course more to the Vimy region than the Canadian National Vimy Monument. The reconstruction of some trenches a few kilometers further down the road…

by bjornroose

July 12, 2019

Square

In the middle of downtown Indianapolis also known as the Mile Square (referencing the city plat developed by Alexander Ralston and Elias Pym Fordham at…

by camellia

May 27, 2019

Day 147 - Project 365 "Remember"

One this Memorial Day we remember the fallen soldiers who have died for this country. There is a War Memorial in Prospect Park Brooklyn that honors the fallen…

by triamel

May 14, 2019

It happens here

Since two weeks I’m a proud owner of a new lens (Nikkor 28-300) for Zilla (Nikon D750) as well as an unhappy person, because the weather is too awful to do a…

by strohschneider-laue

April 20, 2019

Thoronet abbey

by henri05

March 28, 2019

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

Marcus Antonius (83 BC –30 BC) - once upon a time he was a remarkable and ambitious chief of the cavalry. Some said he had been a good looking man. Austrian…

by strohschneider-laue

March 07, 2019

Weekly theme - Documentary Photography

For this theme I visited a local monument in Ulbeek (a very tiny village in Belgium): the Sint-Rochus church. It used to be a church, but since 1938 a new…

by jolened

Jan. 27, 2019

Stalingrad

At least once a year, we try to go and visit the wonderful country of Russia. Despite the current political state of affairs between "the West" and "the…

by kurzvorzwoelf

Jan. 20, 2019

Ferrum Noricum

After copper and tin - bronze -, the next metal, ore, became the big deal. The Iron Age followed Bronze Age. The oldest archaeological remains of iron producing…

by strohschneider-laue

Dec. 20, 2018

Megaliths in Drenthe (The Netherlands) - part 4

For more information about the megaliths, in Drenthe and elsewhere, I refer to the first post in this series. The second and third post are here and here.

by bjornroose

Dec. 20, 2018

Megaliths in Drenthe (The Netherlands) - part 5

As mentioned in the first post in this series there's not only lots of hunebedden in Drenthe, but also an enormous number of burial mounds (tumuli). Those have…

by bjornroose

Dec. 19, 2018

Megaliths in Drenthe (The Netherlands) - part 3

For more information about the megaliths, in Drenthe and elsewhere, I refer to the first post in this series. The second post (including a variation on the…

by bjornroose

Dec. 19, 2018

Megaliths in Drenthe (The Netherlands) - part 2

For ample explanations about the megaliths, in Drenthe and elsewhere, I refer to this post, the first one in this series. Actually there's one non-hunebed in…

by bjornroose

June 01, 2018

A Fountain for four Rivers

Let me introduce you to my favorite fountain in Vienna. It's the so called "Donnerbrunnen" at (1st district, Neuer Markt). No, it’s not its official name. It's…

by strohschneider-laue

May 11, 2018

Aspern 1809

Napoleon was military undefeated over a decade, when he was defeated at the battle of Aspern 21st/22nd May 1809. He tried to cross the Danube by pontoon bridges…

by strohschneider-laue

May 11, 2018

Four Corners National Monument Teec Nos Pos, NM/AZ

The Four Corners Monument marks the quadripoint in the Southwestern United States where the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet. It is the…

by enchantedbyways

April 20, 2018

Mary, where are you?

May I introduce you to Joseph? It's our beloved listed historical monument in our garden. Everybody calls it Joseph, because the figure on top is Saint Joseph…

by strohschneider-laue

April 22, 2018

The tower is falling

by liliana4

March 25, 2018

STORY OF LIVES: CANAKKALE

Canakkale has a lot to say in the history of world. From Agamemnon to Ottoman, it has been a beautiful fortress for all. My first stop was in Gelibolu, where…

by bidebencekimmi

March 04, 2018

Bigger than usual

by elleetollin