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The Travel Photo of the Day is of Chacaltaya Ski Resort

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The Travel Photo of the Day is of Chacaltaya Ski Resort and was taken by wili_hybrid

Photo credit: wili_hybrid
Chacaltaya is a Bolivian mountain range with an elevation of around 17,000 feet. Although it was once home to South America’s highest glacier, the glacier had been receeding since the 1970s and has completely disappeared as of [...]

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The Travel Photo of the Day is of The Blue Lagoon Spa

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The Travel Photo of the Day is of The Blue Lagoon Spa and was taken by big-ashb

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The Blue Lagoon is a geothermal spa located in Iceland and it is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Iceland. Its warm, mineral-rich waters have a reputation for helping people to get over a [...]

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The Travel Photo of the Day is of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

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The Travel Photo of the Day is of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree and was taken by LabyrinthX

Photo credit: LabyrinthX
The Tree at Rockefeller Center has become a cherished part of the American holiday season. The tree has been put up every year since 1931 and its lighting is always a spectacular ceremony that receives [...]

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The Travel Photo of the Day is of Alpsee Lake German

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The Travel Photo of the Day is of Alpsee Lake Germany and was taken by keepwaddling1

Photo credit: keepwaddling1
The Alpsee is a lake located in Germany’s Bavaria region and it has become a popular tourist attraction for visitors to the area. Alpsee is especially well-known for its proximity to Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles as well [...]

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The Travel Photo of the Day is of Ice Hotel Church

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The Travel Photo of the Day is of Ice Hotel Church and was taken by bjaglin

Photo credit: bjaglin
ICEHOTEL was the world’s first ice hotel, built in 1990 in the Swedish village of Jukkasjarvi. The hotel is recreated each year from December to April only using ice and snow from the nearby Torne River. The [...]

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The Travel Photo of the Day the Effiel Tower

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The Travel Photo of the Day is of the Effiel Tower and was taken by papalars

Photo credit: papalars
The Eiffel Tower is arguably the most iconic landmark in all of Paris, serving as a symbol for one of the world’s great cities as well as the whole country of France itself. Built as the entrance [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Cheetah in Mara

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 12/6/2009 is of Cheetah in Mara and was taken by frederic.salein

Photo credit: frederic.salein
The Masai Mara is a park reserve situated in southwestern Kenya, essentially serving as the northern continuation of the Serengeti National Park game reserve in Tanzania. The park reserve is named for the Masai people, [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day 12/5/2009

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 12/5/2009 is of Nusfjord-m.prinke385 and was taken by m.prinke

Photo credit: m.prinke
Nusfjord is one of the oldest and best-preserved fishing villages in Norway and the population of the village has relied on fishing since the middle of the 19th century. Although the village is often rumored to be [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Lower Manhattan in Black & White

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 12/4/2009 is of Lower Manhattan in Black & White and was taken by nosha

Photo credit: nosha
Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, defined most commonly as the area bounded on the north by 14th Street, on the west by the Hudson River, on [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Orca jump in Skagway Alaska

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 12/3/2009 is of an Orca jump in Skagway Alaska and was taken by *christopher*

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Skagway is a borough in Alaska that is located on the Alaska Panhandle. It was incorporated as a city in 1900 but was re-incorporated as a borough in 2007. While the year-round [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Puget Sound

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 12/2/2009 is of Puget Sound and was taken by joiseyshowaa

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The Puget Sound is a series of interconnected waterways located in the northwestern part of Washington in the United States. However, the term can also be used to refer to the general area surrounding the sound, [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Matsumoto Castle

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 12/1/2009 is of Matsumoto Castle and was taken by ehnmark

Photo credit: ehnmark
Matsumoto Castle is one of the finest historic castles still in existence in Japan today, situated in the city of Matsumoto in the Nagano Prefecture. Listed as a National Treasure of Japan, the castle, which was [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Borgund Stave in Norway

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/30/2009 is of Borgund Stave in Norway and was taken by zoetnet

Photo credit: zoetnet
The Borgund stave church is located in Borgund, Norway, and it is known as the best-preserved example of Norway’s 28 extant stave churches. Built near the end of the 12th century, the church has [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Iceberg off Greenland

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/29/2009 is of an iceberg off Greenland and was taken by Rita Willaert

Photo credit: Rita Willaert
Greenland is a country within the Kingdom of Denmark that is situated on the largest island in the world, between the Arctic and Atlantic Seas. Despite the name of the country, Greenland [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Monastery in Petra

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/28/2009 is of Monastery in Petra and was taken by yoprogramador

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The Monastery is one of the buildings located in Petra, Jordan, which is the spectacular ancient city that is famous because all of the buildings were carved out of various cliff faces. While the Treasury [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day “O Cannuni” Castle

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/27/2009 is of “O Cannuni” Castle and was taken by Giuseppe Bognanni

Photo credit: Giuseppe Bognanni
O Cannuni, which means “the cannon” in English, is a castle located in the Italian city of Mazzarino. It was built in the twelfth century and it gets its name from the shape [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Saint Mark’s Basilica in Venice

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/25/2009 is of Saint Mark’s Basilica, Venice and was taken by Dimitry B

Photo credit: Dimitry B
St. Mark’s Basilica is a cathedral in Venice and it is well-known as one of the city’s most famous and beautiful examples of Byzantine architecture. Situated on Piazza San Marco, the building [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Mount McKinley in Denali National Park

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/25/2009 is of Mount McKinley in Denali National Park and was taken by Unhindered by Talent

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Denali National Park and Preserve is located in Alaska and it is home to Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America. All together, the park and preserve [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Scottish Rite Temple of Freemasonry

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/24/2009 is of Scottish Rite Temple of Freemasonry and was taken by ~MVI~

Photo credit: ~MVI~
The Scottish Rite Temple is located in Washington D.C.’s Sixteenth Street Historic District and it was constructed between 1911 and 1915. It was originally meant to be the headquarters of the Supreme Council [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Golden Gate at Sunset

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/23/2009 is of San Francisco Golden Gate at sunset and was taken by Carlos Madrigal

Photo credit: Carlos Madrigal
The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the Golden Gate, the point where the San Francisco Bay empties into the Pacific Ocean. The longest suspension bridge in [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Manhattan Sunset

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/22/2009 is of Manhattan Sunset and was taken by aturkus

Photo credit: aturkus
Manhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York City and it is located on Manhattan Island. It is undoubtedly one of the most important places of the world, as it serves as a financial, [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Sea view of Rovinj Croatia

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/21/2009 is of Sea view of Rovinj, Croatia and was taken by akk_rus

Photo credit: akk_rus
Rovinj, Croatia is a coastal city situated on the north Adriatic Sea on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula. It is a very popular tourist destination and an active fishing port, as [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Zebra in Etosha National Park

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/20/2009 is of Zebra in Etosha National Park and was taken by coda

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Etosha National Park is a park located in northwestern Namibia’s Kunene Region. It was first established in 1907 when Namibia was still a German colony and when it first opened, it was the [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Hayden Planetarium at night

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/19/2009 is of Hayden Planetarium at night and was taken by ericskiff

Photo credit: ericskiff
The Hayden Planetarium is located on Central Park West in New York City and it is a part of the American Museum of Natural History. The planetarium is one of the two main attractions [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Waterfall in Udzangwa Mountains National Park

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/18/2009 is of Waterfall in Udzangwa Mountains National Park and was taken by Marc Veraart

Photo credit: Marc Veraart
Udzangwa Mountains National Park is a national park located in Tanzania, one that contains tropical rainforest, mountain forest, miombo woodland, grassland, and steppe. The park contains more than 400 bird [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Bermuda Coast

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/17/2009 is of Bermuda Coast and was taken by Canon in 2D

Photo credit: Canon in 2D
Bermuda is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean and its British overseas territory located far off the east coast of the United States. It is the oldest and most populous remaining [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Detroit Skyline

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/16/2009 is of Detroit Skyline and was taken by {meagen}

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Detroit is the largest city in the state of Michigan and has become known as the traditional automotive center of the United States. Detroit is also famous as the center of the Motown music sound of [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Sands Point Preserve Gould Castle

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/15/2009 is of Sands Point Preserve Gould Castle and was taken by mrkathika

Photo credit: mrkathika
The Hempstead House, which is also called Castle Gould, is a huge estate located in Sands Point, New York in the Sands Point Preserve. The house has three floors and forty rooms and [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day Cancun Beach

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/14/2009 is of Cancun Beach and was taken by kyle simourd

Photo credit: kyle simourd
Cancun is a world-famous resort city located in the Quintana Roo province of Mexico, which is in turn situated in the easternmost part of the country on the Yucatan Peninsula. Tourists from all over [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day “Ghost Ship” at Patrick’s Point

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The Travel Photo of the Day for 11/13/2009 is of the “Ghost Ship” at Patrick’s Point and was taken by Lee Coursey

Photo credit: Lee Coursey
Patrick’s Point State Park is located north of Eureka, California in the heart of California’s redwood country. The park is home to a variety of tree species, including coastal redwoods, [...]

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