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Traverse City, MI.

 

This pie pan received the title of the World's Largest Cherry Pie Tin from the Guinness Book of World Records in 1987 after beating out the neighboring town of Charlevoix. The town of Charlevoix held the title from 1976 to 1987. The Cherry Pie in Traverse City was created by Chef Pierre Bakeries (now Sara Lee) on July 28, 1987 in Traverse City, Michigan USA weighing 28,350 pounds and having a diameter of 17 feet, six inches.

 

Located on Cass Rd. in front of the Sara Lee Bakery

Trekking to the beautiful Alauddin Lakes, Fann Mountains, Tajikistan.

Unusual landscape of the valley surrounding Civita di Bagnoregio: heavily eroded clay formations.

Havilah and Bodfish, Kern County, California. Corlew's Silver City - manufactured ghost town. Old buildings from all over the Kern Valley have been hauled in and re-arranged in the form of an old western town.

 

Corlew's Silver City, Bodfish, Kern County, California. Corlew's Silver City is a not a real ghost town, but a manufactured one. In the sixties and seventies, Dave and Arvilla Mills found several old, historic buildings from all over the Kern Valley region, hauled them to Bodfish and rearranged them to re-create the old western town of Silver City.

 

While the town itself is not real, nearly all of the buildings are authentic. Brought in from all over the area, from Keyesville to Isabella, from Whiskey Flat to Kernvale - many old towns and mining camps that are just a faded memory, or lost under the waters of nearby Lake Isabella. The Corlew family purchased the attraction and re-opened it in 1992, and have spent many hours restoring the buildings to an authentic state. Some of the buildings include the Isabella Jail, church, hotel, post office, saloon, and more.

 

Corlew's Silver City is waaaay off the beaten path, tucked away in the southern foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, roughly an hour northeast of Bakersfield, a few miles from Lake Isabella. It's a bit of a faded tourist stop, a little worse for wear from the ravages of time - but that's partly by design, because the buildings are meant to be preserved in a state of 'arrested decay'. A bit of tourist-trap kitsch with the creepy mannequin displays, but still worth the visit for old western buffs and history enthusiasts.

 

For more information on Corlew's Silver City, visit Their Official Website.

Or, visit the information page on www.ghosttowns.com/states/ca/silvercity.html.

 

Picture taken December 16, 2007. Photo #45 of 60 of my Havilah and Bodfish' photoset.

 

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A small waterfall in the forest, in Plitvice Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia.

 

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Budai-hegyek

2015.10.24

 

Autumn hike in the Buda hills

Buda hills, HUngary

24.10.2015

Budai-hegyek

2015.10.24

 

Autumn hike in the Buda hills

Buda hills, HUngary

24.10.2015

These waterfalls, approximately 15-20 meters in height, can be found on the eastern hills near the town of Semurup, and are reached after an easy, roughly one hour hike through relatively flat farmland and agroforest. Be prepared to get your feet wet wading through a few mountain streams on your way there.

Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.

See more detailed descriptions of the pictures at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592735630778650.1073741...

and read more about the Kerinci area at www.wildsumatra.com

A seagull flying above the seaside town of Primošten, on the Dalmatian coast in Adriatic sea, in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.

 

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The highest active volcano in Southeast Asia

Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.

See more detailed descriptions of the pictures at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592735630778650.1073741...

and read more about the Kerinci area at www.wildsumatra.com

High angle view of the terraced lakes in Plitvice Lakes National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the mountainous karst area of central Croatia.

 

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High angle view of the medieval town of Vrbnik, perched on a 48m cliff overlooking the Adriatic sea, on Krk island, in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, Croatia.

 

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Break out your red and cyan glasses for 3D viewing.

 

Just a simple and shaded alley park

Havilah and Bodfish, Kern County, California. The saloon. Corlew's Silver City - manufactured ghost town. Old buildings from all over the Kern Valley have been hauled in and re-arranged in the form of an old western town.

 

Corlew's Silver City, Bodfish, Kern County, California. Corlew's Silver City is a not a real ghost town, but a manufactured one. In the sixties and seventies, Dave and Arvilla Mills found several old, historic buildings from all over the Kern Valley region, hauled them to Bodfish and rearranged them to re-create the old western town of Silver City.

 

While the town itself is not real, nearly all of the buildings are authentic. Brought in from all over the area, from Keyesville to Isabella, from Whiskey Flat to Kernvale - many old towns and mining camps that are just a faded memory, or lost under the waters of nearby Lake Isabella. The Corlew family purchased the attraction and re-opened it in 1992, and have spent many hours restoring the buildings to an authentic state. Some of the buildings include the Isabella Jail, church, hotel, post office, saloon, and more.

 

Corlew's Silver City is waaaay off the beaten path, tucked away in the southern foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains, roughly an hour northeast of Bakersfield, a few miles from Lake Isabella. It's a bit of a faded tourist stop, a little worse for wear from the ravages of time - but that's partly by design, because the buildings are meant to be preserved in a state of 'arrested decay'. A bit of tourist-trap kitsch with the creepy mannequin displays, but still worth the visit for old western buffs and history enthusiasts.

 

For more information on Corlew's Silver City, visit Their Official Website.

Or, visit the information page on www.ghosttowns.com/states/ca/silvercity.html.

 

Picture taken December 16, 2007. Photo #56 of 60 of my Havilah and Bodfish' photoset.

 

This photograph is free for use on the internet under the 'Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial' license. You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and/or adapt this photograph without seeking permission first, as long as you provide attribution to the photograph (preferably by linking to this web page, or including the phrase 'Copyright Matthew Lee High'), and as long as the the photo is not used for commercial purposes. For more information about Creative Commons licenses, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/deed.en.

A small church on top of Latpari Pass (2,834m / 9,297ft), in Caucas Mountains, Svaneti Region of Georgia.

 

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Island paradise, Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar

Porters carrying huge load up the Larkya La, Manaslu Circuit Trek, Nepal

Mt. Kunyit is an active volcano in the Kerinci Seblat National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia. The trek to the crater takes about six hours, and passes through beautiful cloud forests and beside fumrole volcanic vents. In the middle of the crater lies a bubbling hotspring, and what locals call "Taman Dewa" or "The Garden of the Gods." It has a spiritual, mythical place in local folklore, and is the site where local hero Depati Parbo meditated to supposedly gain invulnerability to Dutch bullets during the war for Kerinci.

See more detailed descriptions of the pictures at www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.592735630778650.1073741...

and read more about the Kerinci area at www.wildsumatra.com

Aerial view of the mountains of Afghanistan with the Pamir Range in Tajikistan in the background

A small church dedicated to Saint Christopher & Chrysostomos of Smyrna, in the city of Ermoupolis, on the island of Syros, South Aegean, Greece.

 

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Female trekker trekking in Caucasus mountains, from Mestia to Zhabeshi, in Svaneti region, northwestern Georgia.

 

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A tourist submarine in Adriatic sea, near the seaside town of Primošten, in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.

 

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Medieval stained glass window in 18th-century parish church of St. Blaise, largest church in Istria, in the old town of Vodnjan, in Istria County, Croatia.

 

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Looked cool to look down into, wouldn't want to fall into there.

 

(Kona's) most Southern point of USA

The highest active volcano in Southeast Asia

A souvenir shop window in Šibenik, one of the oldest Croatian towns on the eastern shores of the Adriatic, in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.

 

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Taken during a 15-day tour for speleologist on steroids, visiting lava tube caves known and unknown, all around the country (particularly in the highlands) :)

 

Other pearls of Icelandic nature were of course visited as well.

 

The Cave Explorer On Steroids - 15 Days.

Gunung Kerinci, the highest active volcano in Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Indonesia.

The seaside town of Primošten, on the Dalmatian coast in Adriatic sea, in Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia.

 

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Abandoned church with defensive tower in Zhamushi, now being used as a pisty, as seen during the trek from Mestia to Zhabeshi, in Svaneti region, northwestern Georgia.

 

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