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I encountered this jazz band on an afternoon stroll through the French Quarter in New …
The Smoking Time Jazz Club Band livens up Royal Street in the French Quarter of …
A streetcar rumbles past stately oak trees along St. Charles Avenue in uptown New Orleans.
Bergen, Norway was the most important trading center in Scandinavia in the Middle Ages.
Bergen, the second largest city in Norway, retains a village atmosphere. It's worth making the …
A visit to the El Faro orphanage in Tijuana was arranged by the nonprofit Corazon …
Late afternoon view of Los Angeles from the Getty Museum.
At the Getty Villa in Malibu.
The Getty Museum in LA and the adjoining garden.
At the foot of the Templo Mayor pyramid, the heart of Tenochtitlan, Mexico City.
Enjoying a magnificent view in the village of Oia on the Greek island, Santorini.
The Colonnade Arcade houses a myriad of shops in Ojai. It was built in 1917.
A family enjoys the fountain at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica.
Could this be the twilight phenomenon known as the pink moment in the hills of …
Bart's Books, described as "the world's greatest outdoor bookstore," in Ojai, California.
Ojai Valley is the legendary setting for the mythical paradise, Shangri-La, in the 1937 film, …
The ruins of the Temple of Zeus in Athens, Greece
Self Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine, Pacific Palisades. The 10 acre site, surrounding a man-made lake, …
There's all the time in the world to daydream in Montezuma, Costa Rica.
This capuchin monkey is about to help himself to somebody's leftover morsels at a cafe …
