POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE
Have fun going to the top of this 630-foot monument, tallest in the U.S.; we looked east & saw the Mississippi River & Illinois
the Gateway Arch
Ancient Greeks believed that wine was a gift from this god, the Greek equivalent of Bacchus
Dionysius
Hosts the annual Campeonato Mundial de Baile de Tango
Buenos Aires
The National Gallery of Art (in the United States)
Washington, D.C.
In 1566 this "Magnificent" sultan was succeeded by his not-so-magnificent son Selim II, "the Sot"
Suleiman
You thought the Eiffel Tower was tall! I just bungeed from the Millau Viaduct, France's tallest this
bridge
Because of his work there, you could call the astronomer Hipparchus the "Colossus of" this island
Rhodes
It shares its name with a type of light yellow-brown envelope
Manila
The Exploratorium
San Francisco
In 1571 the Holy League defeated Ottoman naval forces in the Gulf of Patras off the coast of Lepanto in this current nation
Greece
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We'll always have the Hassan II Mosque in this West African country; it has one of the world's tallest minarets
Morocco
Horrified by the carnage of war, Asoka, a 3rd century B.C. ruler in India, embraced this peaceful religion
Buddhism
Its 200-foot-high monument to Columbus is on La Rambla
Barcelona
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Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Pittsburgh
The Ottoman Empire ended in 1922 when this man led a movement that established the Republic of Turkey
Atatürk
Wish you weren't here! Our raft is nearing the drop of this tallest Venezuelan cataract! See you next fall!
Angel Falls
4 decades after Constantine, Roman emperor Julian sought to revive these types of cults & temples, from Latin for "rustic"
pagan
Nicknamed "Hollywood North", it's about 1,100 miles north of the real thing
Vancouver
The Edgar Allan Poe House & Museum
Baltimore
In the early 14th century the Ottomans moved their capital to Bursa, which is in this Asian part of modern-day Turkey
Anatolia
Toured the Burj in this UAE city; they say it's the tallest tower in the world--looked over ledge & lost my lunch
Dubai
Hetepheres was the mother of this great pyramid king; when her tomb was found, mummy's mummy was missing
Cheops (Khufu)
Nigeria's most populous
Lagos
The Museum of Pop Culture in this city has been called "Blobitecture"
Seattle
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With a name meaning "new troops", these elite infantry soldiers originally consisted of slaves & prisoners of war
Janissary
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