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Scenic Byway 12 in Utah is my absolute favorite road in the world.

Kodachrome Basin State Park in Utah got its name in 1949 after the then relatively new brand of Kodak film that was used by National Geograp...

Wall Street in Bryce Canyon is so much more beautiful and interesting than Wall Street in New York.

I count my blessings instead of sheep and I fall asleep. My favorite view and city in the whole world.

I'm not sure how it's possible that my super-hot husband can't melt lava, yet he can melt my heart with just a smile :)

As per Tartary tradition, Akbar the Great–the third Mughal Emperor–commenced the construction of his own tomb several years before his death...

The entrance to Ta Som in a gnarled embrace of two 100-foot tall strangler figs.

Fighting for their own survival, strangler figs threaten to rip apart what remains of Angkor Wat.

Tufas (calcium carbonate precipitates) grow exclusively under water. They can be seen at Mono Lake courtesy to Los Angeles' insatiabl...

... And, apparently, they love me too :)

Fresh (as few years old) lava flow on Big Island.

While the baby-monkey curiously examines its immediate surroundings, its parents fearfully observe a dog that is chasing other monkeys.

With the weather being so amazingly gorgeous, I can't think of anything better to do but going backpacking in my favorite mountains. ...

Narrow canyons of Lake Mead on the Colorado River.

AKA Toadstool at Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.