5 April 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Strawberry Fields is a 2.5-acre (1.0 ha) landscaped section in
New York City ‘s
Central Park , designed by the landscape architect
Bruce Kelly , that is dedicated to the memory of former
Beatles member
John Lennon . It is named after the Beatles’ song “
Strawberry Fields Forever “, written by Lennon. The song itself is named for the former
Strawberry Field children’s home in
Liverpool ,
England , located near Lennon’s childhood home.
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1 April 2025 | Author/Destination: Yachting and Spa | Rubric: Yacht of the Month
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Liberty Ship Memorial in South Portland, Maine, USA © flickr.com – Paul VanDerWerf/cc-by-2.0
Liberty ships were a
class of
cargo ship built in the United States during
World War II under the
Emergency Shipbuilding Program . Although British in concept, the design was adopted by the United States for its simple, low-cost construction. Mass-produced on an unprecedented scale, the Liberty ship came to symbolize U.S. wartime industrial output.
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31 March 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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The Metropolitan Club of the City of Washington is a private club in
Washington, D.C. In September 1983,
The New York Times called it “Washington’s oldest and most exclusive club”.
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27 March 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Obama Family © flickr.com – The White House – Pete Souza
The White House Rose Garden is a
garden bordering the
Oval Office and the
West Wing of the
White House in
Washington, D.C. , United States. The garden is approximately 125 feet long and 60 feet wide (38 metres by 18 metres, or about 684m²). It balances the
Jacqueline Kennedy Garden on the east side of the White House Complex. It is commonly used as a stage for receptions and media events due to its proximity to the White House.
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21 March 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Black Lives Matter logo © Mrmw
Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a
decentralized political and
social movement that aims to highlight
racism ,
discrimination and
racial inequality experienced by
black people , and to promote
anti-racism . Its primary concerns are
police brutality and
racially motivated violence against black people. The movement began in response to the killings of
Trayvon Martin ,
Michael Brown ,
Eric Garner , and
Rekia Boyd , among others. BLM and its related organizations typically advocate for various policy changes related to
black liberation and
criminal justice reform . While there are specific organizations that label themselves “Black Lives Matter”, such as the
Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation , the overall movement is a decentralized network with no formal hierarchy. As of 2021, there are about 40 chapters in the United States and Canada. The slogan “Black Lives Matter” itself has not been
trademarked by any group.
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18 March 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Charging Bull at Bowling Green Park near Wall Street © PFHLai/cc-by-sa-2.5
Wall Street is a street in the
Financial District of
Lower Manhattan in
New York City . It runs eight
city blocks between
Broadway in the west and
South Street and the
East River in the east. The term “Wall Street” has become a
metonym for the
financial markets of the United States as a whole, the
American financial services industry , New York–based financial interests, or the Financial District. Anchored by Wall Street, New York has been described as the world’s principal
fintech and
financial center .
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15 March 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Pleasant Battle Monument at Tu-Endie-Wei State Park © Brian M. Powell/cc-by-sa-3.0
Point Pleasant is a city in and the
county seat of
Mason County, West Virginia , United States, at the
confluence of the
Ohio and
Kanawha Rivers. The population was 4,101 at the
2020 census . It is the principal city of the
Point Pleasant micropolitan area extending into
Ohio . The town is best known for the
Mothman , a purported humanoid creature reportedly sighted in the area that has become a part of
West Virginia folklore .
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13 March 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General , New York City
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Downtown Oyster Bay © AITFFan1/cc-by-sa-4.0
The
Town of Oyster Bay is the easternmost of the three
towns that make up
Nassau County ,
New York , United States. Part of the
New York metropolitan area , it is the only town in Nassau County to extend from the
North Shore to the
South Shore of
Long Island . As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 301,332, making it the 5th most populous city or town in the state.
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6 March 2025 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Rubric: General
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Paseo del Prado in Havana, La Habana, Cuba © Tacorontey/cc-by-sa-4.0
The Gulf of Mexico (
Spanish : Golfo de México) is an
oceanic basin and a
marginal sea of the
Atlantic Ocean , mostly surrounded by the North American continent. It is bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the
Gulf Coast of the United States ; on the southwest and south by the
Mexican states of
Tamaulipas ,
Veracruz ,
Tabasco ,
Campeche ,
Yucatán , and
Quintana Roo ; and on the southeast by
Cuba . The coastal areas along the
Southern U.S. states of
Texas ,
Louisiana ,
Mississippi ,
Alabama , and
Florida , which border the Gulf on the north, are occasionally referred to as the “
Third Coast ” of the United States (in addition to its Atlantic and Pacific coasts), but more often as “the Gulf Coast”.
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