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The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” ~ Dr. Seuss

Skoob's Blog About Travel

Stories you've probably never heard, inspired by hidden gems that are all around us.

Weekly Gem #235 Built to (not) last, but it did. Then it didn’t. Then it did.

Indeed, and effective background for landscape

Weekly Gem #234, Built for a good ‘cause?’ Well, a decent one anyway.

The Giant's Causeway. A geological feature or a decrepit path to Scotland?

Weekly Gem #233, The fog of war

The grave of George H Mallon, who had one particularly impressive day

Weekly Gem #232, Time, perhaps, for a tetanus booster

Stone marker depicting the somewhat awkward baptism ceremony of King Angus.

Weekly Gem #231, Dad gummit!

"It Happens." We can all relate.

Weekly Gem #230, You got mossed!

A sculpture made of nearly petrified wood

Weekly Gem #229, May Peace Prevail on Earth

May Peace Prevail on Earth

Weekly Gem #228 The little hydrant that could

The Golden Fire Hydrant, which saved San Francisco's oldest building after the 1906 earthquake

Weekly Gem #227, Mission of Sorrows?

The Mission Dolores in San Francisco has stories to tell

Weekly Gem #226, Stuck in a rut, and only one way out!

The Geurnsey Ruts, Oregon Trail wagon ruts carved four feet into solid rock

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Photo of Wells Fargo stagecoach in San Francisco, California
Photo of Čumil (watcher) in Bratislava, Slovakia
Photo of the oval window in Hubbard Cottage at Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada
Photo of the United States Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Virginia
Photo of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England
Photo of Old Fart Road street sign
Photo of cannon ball in side of building in Copenhagen, Denmark
Photo of heartwood in Missoula, Montana
Photo of the Mission Dolores in San Francisco, California
Photo of a glacial erratic surrounded by schoodic granite
Preserved bog oak in Cong, Ireland
Photo of Asticou Azalea Garden in Northeast Harbor, ME

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