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  • Refugio Chileno offers horse transportation, and supplies tents fully equipped with pads and sleeping bags. From Refugio Chileno, we hiked to Mirador Base Las Torres (9.5 km or 5.9 miles round trip with 600 m or 1980 ft gain) to view the namesake towers of Torres del Paine National Park, in Ultima Esperanza Province, Chile, Patagonia, South America. The salmon dinner & dessert served at Refugio Chileno was our tastiest meal along the W Route! UNESCO honors the Park as a World Biosphere Reserve.
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  • Pioneer-era mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • Pioneer-era mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • Pioneer-era mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • Pioneer-era mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • Pioneer-era mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • Pioneer-era mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • A mototaxi (three-wheeled auto rickshaw) provides cheap public transportation in Huaraz, in the Santa Valley (Callejon de Huaylas), Ancash Region, Peru, South America.
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  • The 1894 "Old Dinah" steam tractor and ore wagons replaced the 20 mule teams at Old Borate (but were in turn replaced by the Borate and Daggett Railroad). See historical mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • The 1894 "Old Dinah" steam tractor and ore wagons replaced the 20 mule teams at Old Borate (but were in turn replaced by the Borate and Daggett Railroad). See historical mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • A mototaxi (three-wheeled auto rickshaw) provides cheap public transportation in the Santa Valley (Callejon de Huaylas), Huaraz, Ancash Region, Andes Mountains, Peru, South America.
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  • A mototaxi (three-wheeled auto rickshaw) provides cheap public transportation in Huaraz, in the Andes Mountains, Ancash Region, Peru, South America.
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  • Remodelled local farm wagon. See historical mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • Borax Smith's 1885 buckboard (four-wheeled wagon) was used on trips from Mojave to Death Valley via Wingate Pass. See historical mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • 20 Mule Team Wagon Train (1885) used in hauling 24 tons of borax from Death Valley to Mojave, 165 miles in 10 days. See historical mining and transportation equipment at the Borax Museum at Furnace Creek Ranch, in Death Valley National Park, California, USA. The oldest house in Death Valley was built in 1883 by F.M. "Borax" Smith in Twenty Mule Team Canyon, then moved here by his Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1954 to serve as a museum.
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  • A mototaxi (three-wheeled auto rickshaw) provides cheap public transportation in Huaraz, in the Andes Mountains, Ancash Region, Peru, South America.
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  • Mototaxis (three-wheeled auto rickshaws) provide cheap public transportation in Huaraz, in the Andes Mountains, Ancash Region, Peru, South America.
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  • The Historic Red Bus of Glacier National Park (in Montana, USA) was built on 1930s chassis by the White Motor Company, then rebuilt in 2001 to run on propane. A fleet of these vintage motor coaches provide tours and shuttle services in the park. I highly recommend using public transportation, as park traffic can be very heavy over Going to the Sun Road. A "Jammer" (driver) drives the "Red" (bus). Since 1932, Canada and USA have shared Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, which UNESCO declared a World Heritage Site (1995) containing two Biosphere Reserves (1976). Published by National Geographic Children's Books 2011: "Ultimate Weird But True."
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  • The tuk-tuk is the Southeast Asian version of a vehicle known elsewhere as an auto rickshaw or cabin cycle. The tuk-tuk is widely used as urban transport here in Bangkok (and other Thai cities, as well as other major Southeast Asian and South Asian cities). In the background is Wat Pho (or Po), the oldest and largest wat (Buddhist temple or monastery) in Bangkok, with the longest reclining Buddha and the largest collection of Buddha images in Thailand. Wat Pho is located outside the south wall of the Grand Palace.
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  • Bluebridge Ferry transports cars & people through Tory Channel, South Island, New Zealand
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  • Bluebridge Ferry transports cars & people through Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island, New Zealand
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  • Horse drawn carriage ride. Ballenberg Swiss Open-Air Museum, near Brienz, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Europe. Founded in 1978, Ballenberg displays traditional buildings and architecture from all over the country, making it a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Over 100 original buildings have been transported from their original sites. Over 100 original buildings have been transported from their original sites. Over 100 original buildings have been transported from their original sites. Farmyard animals are raised, and some of the  buildings give live demonstrations of traditional rural crafts, techniques, and cheesemaking.
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  • On October 8, 2019, the Galloping Goose No. 4 parked next to the San Miguel County Courthouse in Telluride is moved onto a truck for transport to a new home at the Ridgway Railroad Museum, in Colorado, USA. Seven Galloping "Geese" were built in the 1930s to cart U.S. Mail, passengers and freight along the Rio Grande Southern Railroad throughout southwestern Colorado, from Ridgway to Telluride, Rico, Dolores and Durango. All seven have been restored to their former glory. Telluride’s No. 4 was restored over a four-year process in Ridgway in cooperation between the railway museum and the Telluride Volunteer Fire Department.
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  • The Great Northern Railway (GNR) Small Boiler Class C1 steam locomotive was the first 4-4-2 or Atlantic type in Great Britain. They were designed by Henry Ivatt in 1897. In total 22 were built between 1898 and 1903 at Doncaster Works. The class were commonly known as "Klondykes," after the 1897 Klondike gold rush. Only the very first one remains: No.990 Henry Oakley at the National Railway Museum, York. The popular National Railway Museum (NRM) tells the story of rail transport in Britain and houses historically significant artifacts, rolling stock, and over 100 locomotives. Visit it in York, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
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  • The popular National Railway Museum (NRM) tells the story of rail transport in Britain and houses historically significant artifacts, rolling stock, and over 100 locomotives. Visit it in York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe. In the 1800s, York became a hub of the British railway network.
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  • Eurostar locomotive. The popular National Railway Museum (NRM) tells the story of rail transport in Britain and houses historically significant artifacts, rolling stock, and over 100 locomotives. Visit it in York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe. In the 1800s, York became a hub of the British railway network.
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  • Train valves and meters. The popular National Railway Museum (NRM) tells the story of rail transport in Britain and houses historically significant artifacts, rolling stock, and over 100 locomotives. Visit it in York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe. In the 1800s, York became a hub of the British railway network.
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  • Electric locomotive and muck truck used to build the Channel Tunnel. The spoil deposited at Shakespeare Cliff near Dover increased the size of the UK by 90 acres. Opened in 1994, the Channel Tunnel runs 31.4 miles beneath the English Channel connecting the UK to France. The popular National Railway Museum (NRM) tells the story of rail transport in Britain and houses historically significant artifacts, rolling stock, and over 100 locomotives. Visit it in York, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe. In the 1800s, York became a hub of the British railway network.
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  • On October 8, 2019, the Galloping Goose No. 4 parked next to the San Miguel County Courthouse in Telluride is moved onto a truck for transport to a new home at the Ridgway Railroad Museum, in Colorado, USA. Seven Galloping "Geese" were built in the 1930s to cart U.S. Mail, passengers and freight along the Rio Grande Southern Railroad throughout southwestern Colorado, from Ridgway to Telluride, Rico, Dolores and Durango. All seven have been restored to their former glory. Telluride’s No. 4 was restored over a four-year process in Ridgway in cooperation between the railway museum and the Telluride Volunteer Fire Department.
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  • Old wooden wagon. Ballenberg Swiss Open-Air Museum, near Brienz, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Europe. Founded in 1978, Ballenberg displays traditional buildings and architecture from all over the country, making it a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Over 100 original buildings have been transported from their original sites. Some of the industrial and crafting buildings give demonstrations of traditional rural crafts, techniques and cheesemaking, and farmyard animals are raised.
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  • Old wooden wagon. Ballenberg Swiss Open-Air Museum, near Brienz, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Europe. Founded in 1978, Ballenberg displays traditional buildings and architecture from all over the country, making it a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Over 100 original buildings have been transported from their original sites. Some of the industrial and crafting buildings give demonstrations of traditional rural crafts, techniques and cheesemaking, and farmyard animals are raised.
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  • Horse drawn carriage ride. Ballenberg Swiss Open-Air Museum, near Brienz, Canton of Bern, Switzerland, Europe. Founded in 1978, Ballenberg displays traditional buildings and architecture from all over the country, making it a Swiss heritage site of national significance. Over 100 original buildings have been transported from their original sites. Some of the industrial and crafting buildings give demonstrations of traditional rural crafts, techniques and cheesemaking, and farmyard animals are raised.
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  • The Ticonderoga (built in 1906, 220 feet long) is America's last remaining side paddlewheel passenger steamer with a vertical beam engine, and is a National Historic Landmark. The steamship Ticonderoga transported passengers and goods up and down Lake Champlain for many years, then in 1955 was moved two miles overland on special tracks to the Shelburne Museum. The Shelburne Museum is one of the finest, most diverse, unconventional museums of American folk art. Visit this extensive museum in the town of Shelburne, near Lake Champlain, in Vermont, USA. Electra Havemeyer Webb, an avid collector of American folk art, founded the Museum in 1947.
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  • The Ticonderoga (built in 1906, 220 feet long) is America's last remaining side paddlewheel passenger steamer with a vertical beam engine, and is a National Historic Landmark. The steamship Ticonderoga transported passengers and goods up and down Lake Champlain for many years, then in 1955 was moved two miles overland on special tracks to the Shelburne Museum. The Shelburne Museum is one of the finest, most diverse, unconventional museums of American folk art. Visit this extensive museum in the town of Shelburne, near Lake Champlain, in Vermont, USA. Electra Havemeyer Webb, an avid collector of American folk art, founded the Museum in 1947.
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  • Preserved historic 1922-1951 sternwheel paddle steamer, SS Keno National Historic Site of Canada, at dry dock along the Yukon River in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. The vessel was built in 1922 in Whitehorse by the British Yukon Navigation Company, a subsidiary of the White Pass and Yukon Route railway company. It mostly transported silver, zinc and lead ore down the Stewart River from mines in the Mayo district to the confluence of the Yukon and Stewart rivers at Stewart City. It was retired from commercial service in 1951 due to the extension and improvement of the Klondike Highway in the years after World War II. About 250 sternwheelers served the Yukon River and its tributaries. Dawson City was the center of the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99), after which population rapidly declined. Dawson City shrank further during World War II after the Alaska Highway bypassed it 300 miles (480 km) to the south using Whitehorse as a hub. In 1953, Whitehorse replaced Dawson City as Yukon Territory's capital. Dawson City's population dropped to 600–900 through the 1960s-1970s, but later increased as high gold prices made modern placer mining operations profitable and tourism was promoted. In Yukon, the Klondike Highway is marked as Yukon Highway 2 to Dawson City. This image was stitched from multiple overlapping photos.
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  • Preserved historic 1922-1951 sternwheel paddle steamer, SS Keno National Historic Site of Canada, at dry dock along the Yukon River in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. The vessel was built in 1922 in Whitehorse by the British Yukon Navigation Company, a subsidiary of the White Pass and Yukon Route railway company. It mostly transported silver, zinc and lead ore down the Stewart River from mines in the Mayo district to the confluence of the Yukon and Stewart rivers at Stewart City. It was retired from commercial service in 1951 due to the extension and improvement of the Klondike Highway in the years after World War II. About 250 sternwheelers served the Yukon River and its tributaries. Dawson City was the center of the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99), after which population rapidly declined. Dawson City shrank further during World War II after the Alaska Highway bypassed it 300 miles (480 km) to the south using Whitehorse as a hub. In 1953, Whitehorse replaced Dawson City as Yukon Territory's capital. Dawson City's population dropped to 600–900 through the 1960s-1970s, but later increased as high gold prices made modern placer mining operations profitable and tourism was promoted. In Yukon, the Klondike Highway is marked as Yukon Highway 2 to Dawson City.
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  • The Ticonderoga (built in 1906, 220 feet long) is America's last remaining side paddlewheel passenger steamer with a vertical beam engine, and is a National Historic Landmark. The steamship Ticonderoga transported passengers and goods up and down Lake Champlain for many years, then in 1955 was moved two miles overland on special tracks to the Shelburne Museum. The Shelburne Museum is one of the finest, most diverse, unconventional museums of American folk art. Visit this extensive museum in the town of Shelburne, near Lake Champlain, in Vermont, USA. Electra Havemeyer Webb, an avid collector of American folk art, founded the Museum in 1947.
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  • Preserved historic 1922-1951 sternwheel paddle steamer, SS Keno National Historic Site of Canada, at dry dock along the Yukon River in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. The vessel was built in 1922 in Whitehorse by the British Yukon Navigation Company, a subsidiary of the White Pass and Yukon Route railway company. It mostly transported silver, zinc and lead ore down the Stewart River from mines in the Mayo district to the confluence of the Yukon and Stewart rivers at Stewart City. It was retired from commercial service in 1951 due to the extension and improvement of the Klondike Highway in the years after World War II. About 250 sternwheelers served the Yukon River and its tributaries. Dawson City was the center of the Klondike Gold Rush (1896–99), after which population rapidly declined. Dawson City shrank further during World War II after the Alaska Highway bypassed it 300 miles (480 km) to the south using Whitehorse as a hub. In 1953, Whitehorse replaced Dawson City as Yukon Territory's capital. Dawson City's population dropped to 600–900 through the 1960s-1970s, but later increased as high gold prices made modern placer mining operations profitable and tourism was promoted. In Yukon, the Klondike Highway is marked as Yukon Highway 2 to Dawson City.
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  • Admire the San Juan Mountains and yellow fall foliage colors from Telluride's FREE Gondola in Colorado, USA. Opened in November 1996, the Telluride/Mountain Village Gondola covers 3 miles in 13 minutes, and saves 8 miles of driving.
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  • Admire the San Juan Mountains and yellow fall foliage colors from Telluride's FREE Gondola in Colorado, USA. Opened in November 1996, the Telluride/Mountain Village Gondola covers 3 miles in 13 minutes, and saves 8 miles of driving.
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  • A loaded yak (yak-cow hybrid) passes a horse, on a stone road in Nepal
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  • Jochpass chairlift disappears into fog, in Switzerland, Europe. Swiss Via Alpina (National Route 1), Day 6: From Hotel Sonnwendhof in Engelberg, we rode the Titlis gondola lift to Trübsee, where we walked 0.7 mile to take the Jochpass chairlift to the top, where we walked down to Hotel Engstlenalp (2.3 miles with 1250 feet of descent).
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  • Swiss Via Alpina 1: a middle stage of Titlis lift rises above Trübsee, near Engelberg, Switzerland, Europe. The banner of the USA appears on one gondola as part of a series featuring flags of the world. In Engelberg, we rode the Titlis lift, the world's first rotating cable car. The Titlis cable car system connects Engelberg (996 m or 3,268 ft) to the summit of Klein Titlis (3,028 m or 9,934 ft) via stations at Trübsee and Stand. At Klein Titlis, we visited the illuminated Glacier Cave and Titlis Cliff Walk, the highest elevation suspension bridge in Europe, opened in December 2012, giving views across the Alps. We enjoyed walking 2 miles around scenic Trübsee, a circuit where six play stations for kids make an ideal family excursion, suitable for strollers. Scheduling 3 nights in Engelberg provided a well-needed rest break in the middle of hiking the first ten stages of the Swiss Via Alpina (National Route 1).
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  • A snowplow repacks the surface of a fast-melting snow walkway atop Mt. Titlis, above Engelberg, in Switzerland, Europe. Along both sides, insulating fabric attempts to preserve snow banks for the next ski season. In Engelberg, we rode the Titlis lift, the world's first rotating cable car. The Titlis cable car system connects Engelberg (996 m or 3,268 ft) to the summit of Klein Titlis (3,028 m or 9,934 ft) via stations at Trübsee and Stand. At Klein Titlis, we visited the illuminated Glacier Cave and Titlis Cliff Walk, the highest elevation suspension bridge in Europe, opened in December 2012, giving views across the Alps. We enjoyed walking 2 miles around scenic Trübsee, a circuit where six play stations for kids make an ideal family excursion, suitable for strollers. Scheduling 3 nights in Engelberg provided a well-needed rest break in the middle of hiking the first ten stages of the Swiss Via Alpina (National Route 1).
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  • In Engelberg, Switzerland, we rode the Titlis Rotair, the world's first rotating cable car (completed in 2014). The Titlis cable car system connects Engelberg (996 m or 3,268 ft) to the summit of Klein Titlis (3,028 m or 9,934 ft) via stations at Trübsee and Stand. At Klein Titlis, we visited the illuminated Glacier Cave and Titlis Cliff Walk, the highest elevation suspension bridge in Europe, opened in December 2012, giving views across the Alps. We enjoyed walking 2 miles around scenic Trübsee, a circuit where six play stations for kids make an ideal family excursion, suitable for strollers. Scheduling 3 nights in Engelberg provided a well-needed rest break in the middle of hiking the first ten stages of the Swiss Via Alpina (National Route 1).
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  • Views atop Le Brévent lift. Chamonix, France, Europe. Our Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) trek Day 10: starting from atop the Télécabine Flégère–Les Praz lift, we hiked from La Flégère to Planpraz (3.6 miles, 940 feet ascent, 600 ft descent) to catch Le Brévent cable car for sightseeing above, then took the Télécabine Planpraz lift down to Chamonix. This routing covers the main highlights of "Stage 11" (Étape 11) of the standard counterclockwise Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) but with much less effort. Multiple images were stitched to make this panorama picture, showing the same cable car in two different positions. This hiking day on the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) is also part of the Walker’s Haute Route (from Chamonix to Zermatt).
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  • TMB trek Day 6: bicycles in Val Ferret above Rifugio Elena in Italy, below Grand Col Ferret. On our Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) trek Day 6, we hiked from Walter Bonatti Refuge in Italy over Grand Col Ferret to Hotel Edelweiss in La Fouly, Switzerland, Europe (12.9 miles with 3000 feet ascent, 4300 ft descent).
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  • The Skyway Monte Bianco cable car opened in 2015 in the Italian Alps, linking the town of Courmayeur with Pointe Helbronner on the southern side of the Mont Blanc massif. Aosta Valley, Italy, Europe.
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  • Bixby Creek Bridge (1932), Big Sur coast, California, USA. 120 miles south of San Francisco and 13 miles south of Carmel in Monterey County along State Route 1. Completed in 1932 for just over $200,000, the concrete span, one of the highest bridges of its kind in the world, soars 260 feet above the bottom of a steep canyon carved by Bixby Creek. This panorama was stitched from multiple images.
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  • San Simeon Pier, William R. Hearst Memorial State Beach, California, USA
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  • Cracked windshield on rusting car in Benton Hot Springs, Mono County, California, USA. Benton Hot Springs (elevation 5630 feet) saw its heyday from 1862 to 1889 as a supply center for nearby mines. At the end of the 1800s, the town declined and the name Benton was transferred to nearby Benton Station.
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  • Skagway Alaska Street Car Tour bus. Skagway, Alaska, USA. Skagway was founded in 1897 on the Alaska Panhandle. Skagway's population of about 1150 people doubles in the summer tourist season to manage more than one million visitors per year. Half of Alaska's total visitors come via cruise ships. Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park commemorates the late 1890s Gold Rush with three units in Municipality of Skagway Borough: Historic Skagway; the White Pass Trail; and Dyea Townsite and Chilkoot Trail. (A fourth unit is in Pioneer Square National Historic District in Seattle, Washington.)
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  • Our RV parks with a view of Rainbow Glacier in the Chilkat Range, seen from Chilkat State Park, Haines, Alaska, USA.
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  • Near Chilkat Pass, on Haines Highway, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Run by concessionaire Doyon/ARAMARK Joint Venture, the non-narrated transit buses are green in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA.
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  • Trapper George Johnston bought his dream car in 1928, a four cylinder Model AB Chevrolet sedan, shipped by steamer from Whitehorse several hundred miles via the Yukon and Teslin Rivers to Teslin village. The local Taylor & Drury store fueled it with naphtha. At first, his only road was 78 miles of frozen Taslin Lake. For his taxi service in Teslin, George Johnston built a 3- to 5-mile road, which later became part of the Alaska Highway. The car is now displayed in the George Johnston Museum, Alaska Highway, Teslin, Yukon, Canada. The Alaska Highway was built as a military road during World War II in just 9 months in 1942, to link existing airfields via Canada to the territory of Alaska. The ALCAN Highway (a military acronym for Alaska-Canada) opened to the public in 1948. It begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and runs via Whitehorse, Yukon to Delta Junction, Alaska. The "Alaskan Highway" is comprised of British Columbia Highway 97, Yukon Highway 1 and Alaska Route 2. While the ALCAN measured 2700 kilometers (1700 mi) upon completion in 1942, by 2012 it was rerouted and shortened to 2232 km (1387 mi). Once legendary for being a rough, challenging drive, the highway is now paved over its entire length. Delta Junction, at the end of the highway, claims "Historic Milepost 1422" where the Alaska Highway meets the Richardson Highway, which continues 96 mi (155 km) to the city of Fairbanks at Historic Milepost 1520, often (but unofficially) regarded as the northern portion of the Alaska Highway (although its Mileposts are measured from Valdez).
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  • Hagwilget Canyon Bridge over Bulkley River lets Highway 62 reach Hazelton and 'Ksan Historical Village. The nonprofit 'Ksan Historical Village is a living museum of the Gitxsan Indigenous people, reconstructed in 1970 in the Skeena Country of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada. See impressive cultural artworks painted on longhouses and carved in totem poles. 'Ksan is near Hazelton at the confluence of the Skeena and Bulkley Rivers on Gitxsan territory. 'Ksan was founded in 1866 (before Hazelton) and was populated by the Gitxsan Indigenous people.
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  • Regarding the "NO FREEDOM CAMPING ZONE" sign: Freedom camping in New Zealand is when you camp on public land that isn't a recognized camping ground. You can only camp in designated Freedom Camping Zones if you are certified self-contained. From Makarora, Wilkin River Jets carried us 3km via jetboat up the Makarora River to Young River confluence to begin tramping the Gillespie Pass Circuit, in Mount Aspiring National Park, Southern Alps, Otago region, South Island of New Zealand. After 4 days, they picked us up at Kerin Forks on Wilkin River.
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  • Mt Kidd along Highway 40 (Kananaskis Trail), Peter Lougheed Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada.
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  • 1927 Dodge Graham blue truck at antique gas station in Bodie, California's official state gold rush ghost town. Bodie State Historic Park lies in the Bodie Hills east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in Mono County, near Bridgeport, California, USA. After W. S. Bodey's original gold discovery in 1859, profitable gold ore discoveries in 1876 and 1878 transformed "Bodie" from an isolated mining camp to a Wild West boomtown. By 1879, Bodie had a population of 5000-7000 people with 2000 buildings. At its peak, 65 saloons lined Main Street, which was a mile long. Bodie declined rapidly 1912-1917 and the last mine closed in 1942. Bodie became a National Historic Landmark in 1961 and Bodie State Historic Park in 1962.
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  • Stagecoach wheel of historic Butterfield Overland Mail. Hueco Tanks State Park & Historic Site is popular for birding and bouldering (rock climbing) in El Paso County, Texas, USA. History: Throughout the last 10,000 years, Hueco Tanks has provided water, food and shelter to travelers in the Chihuahuan Desert. People left clues to their stories in unique pictographs and petroglyphs visible today. Starting in 1858, Hueco Tanks served for a year as a relay station and water source for the historic Butterfield Overland Mail (which was then shifted south to a safer route). Twice a week, the Butterfield stagecoach carried passengers and US Mail in just 22 days to San Francisco starting from Memphis, Tennessee or St. Louis, Missouri; for the first time, people separated by nearly 2000 miles of wilderness could communicate. Escontrias Ranch started here in 1898, became a tourist attraction by the 1940s and became a country park in 1965, then a state park in 1969. Directions: From El Paso's Montana Avenue (US Highway 62/180), turn north at RM 2775.
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  • Marmolada reflects in Lago di Fedaia, a two-part reservoir just west of Passo di Fedaia (2057 meters or 6749 feet) along Strada Statale 641, at the head of Val di Fassa, in the Veneto region of Italy, Europe. Marmolada (Queen of the Dolomites) is capped by the biggest (and only skiable) glacier in the Dolomiti: Ghiacciaio della Marmolada. Known as Marmoleda in Ladin, the highest peak in the Dolomites rises to 3343 meters (10,968 feet) elevation at Punta Penia. The World War I museum at Serauta lift station describes the amazing City of Ice (Die Eisstadt or Citta di Ghiaccio, 1917), where Austrian soldiers inside the Marmolada Glacier built quarters in tunnels extending 12 kilometers with a vertical drop of over 1000 meters! Nine thousand Austrian and Italian soldiers died on the front line in a stalemate on and around Marmolada over 2 years. After Austria lost World War I, its South Tirol became Italy's Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region (bordering the Veneto). The Dolomites are part of the Southern Limestone Alps, in Europe. UNESCO honored the Dolomites as a natural World Heritage Site in 2009. This panorama was stitched from 8 overlapping photos.
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  • Visit Lake Argentina and Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park as a day trip from El Calafate, in southwest Santa Cruz province, in the southern Andes, Argentina. A red Volkswagon four door hatchback car rented for the day gave four of us flexibility to explore on our own schedule compared to a bus tour. The foot of South America is known as Patagonia, a name derived from coastal giants, Patagão or Patagoni, who were reported by Magellan's 1520s voyage circumnavigating the world and were actually Tehuelche native people who averaged 25 cm (or 10 inches) taller than the Spaniards.
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  • From Kleine Scheidegg we took the Wengernalpbahn train to Lauterbrunnen in the Berner Oberland of Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. Wengernalpbahn is the world's longest continuous rack and pinion railway; runs from Grindelwald up to Kleine Scheidegg and down to Wengen and Lauterbrunnen.
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  • Lauterbrunnen village in the Berner Oberland region of Switzerland, Europe.
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  • Looking southeast from Birg station of Schilthornbahn cable car, we contemplated the stunning array of Eiger, Mönch, Jungfrau and other peaks framing the entire Lauterbrunnen Valley, in Switzerland, Europe. We rode the Schilthornbahn cable car from Stechelberg via Gimmelwald and Mürren villages to Birg station and the Schilthorn (2,970 metres or 9,744 ft).
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  • From Berghotel Faulhorn, we hiked the spectacular trail to Schynige Platte (6.9 miles, 400 feet ascent, 2660 ft descent) in Switzerland, Europe. Then we took the scenic Schynige Platte cog train down to Wilderswil, where a train took us to Lauterbrunnen Bahnhof and adjacent Hotel Silberhorn. Berghotel Faulhorn was built in 1830, one of the oldest mountain hotels in the Alps. Earplugs are recommended for sleeping, as the old walls are thin. Perched on a remote precipice with great views especially at sunset and sunrise, Berghotel Faulhorn has flush toilets, but no drinking-water supply, nor guest showers. To save money, carry extra liters of drinking water from Grindelwald. In 2022, Berghotel Faulhorn charged 4 CHF per liter for hikers' tea, and 12 CHF per 1.5-liter bottle of drinking water. The hut's roof-gathered water is undrinkable (and our squeeze-filter didn't remove the bad taste). For personal hygiene, cold water is provided in the dormitory washroom, and the private rooms have nostalgic water jugs and bowls.
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  • From Berghotel Faulhorn, we hiked the spectacular trail to Schynige Platte (6.9 miles, 400 feet ascent, 2660 ft descent) in Switzerland, Europe. Then we took the scenic Schynige Platte cog train down to Wilderswil, where a train took us to Lauterbrunnen Bahnhof and adjacent Hotel Silberhorn. Berghotel Faulhorn was built in 1830, one of the oldest mountain hotels in the Alps. Earplugs are recommended for sleeping, as the old walls are thin. Perched on a remote precipice with great views especially at sunset and sunrise, Berghotel Faulhorn has flush toilets, but no drinking-water supply, nor guest showers. To save money, carry extra liters of drinking water from Grindelwald. In 2022, Berghotel Faulhorn charged 4 CHF per liter for hikers' tea, and 12 CHF per 1.5-liter bottle of drinking water. The hut's roof-gathered water is undrinkable (and our squeeze-filter didn't remove the bad taste). For personal hygiene, cold water is provided in the dormitory washroom, and the private rooms have nostalgic water jugs and bowls.
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  • From Grindelwald, we took the First gondola to Bort, then hiked via First to Berghotel Faulhorn (6 miles with 3650 feet ascent, 130 ft descent) to stay for an impressive sunset and sunrise, in Switzerland, Europe. (Or save effort by starting at First instead of Bort.) Berghotel Faulhorn was built in 1830, one of the oldest mountain hotels in the Alps. Earplugs are recommended for sleeping, as the old walls are thin. Perched on a remote precipice, Berghotel Faulhorn has flush toilets, but no drinking-water supply, nor guest showers. To save money, carry extra liters of drinking water from Grindelwald. In 2022, Berghotel Faulhorn charged 4 CHF per liter for hikers' tea, and 12 CHF per 1.5-liter bottle of drinking water. The hut's roof-gathered water is undrinkable (and our squeeze-filter didn't remove the bad taste). For personal hygiene, cold water is provided in the dormitory washroom, and the private rooms have nostalgic water jugs and bowls.
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  • PostBus on a rainy day seen from Hotel Gletschergarten in Grindelwald, Switzerland, Europe. Swiss Via Alpina (National Route 1), Day 8: From Hotel Victoria in Meiringen, we walked 0.8 miles to the Reichenbachfallbahn, a funicular which ascends to a viewpoint between the lower and upper Reichenbach Falls. This impressive series of cascades plunges 820 feet. Then we hiked uphill to Schwartzwaldalp (6 miles, 2000 feet gain), where we caught the PostBus over the pass of Grosse Scheidegg to reach Hotel Gletschergarten.
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  • Funicular to Reichenbach Falls. Swiss Via Alpina 1, Day 8, Meiringen, Haslital, Switzerland, Europe. Swiss Via Alpina (National Route 1), Day 8: From Hotel Victoria in Meiringen, we walked 0.8 miles to the Reichenbachfallbahn, a funicular which ascends to a viewpoint between the lower and upper Reichenbach Falls. This impressive series of cascades plunges 820 feet. Then we hiked uphill to Schwartzwaldalp (6 miles, 2000 feet gain), where we caught the PostBus over the pass of Grosse Scheidegg to reach Hotel Gletschergarten in Grindelwald. Fictional Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Professor Moriarty died after falling while fighting from a ledge near the 320-foot upper falls. After 10 years of reader complaints, author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle resurrected Holmes in a short story where the famous detective reappeared and told his astonished friend Dr. Watson about faking his own death to fool his enemies.
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  • Engelberg train station, Switzerland, Europe. In Engelberg, we rode the Titlis lift, the world's first rotating cable car. The Titlis cable car system connects Engelberg (996 m or 3,268 ft) to the summit of Klein Titlis (3,028 m or 9,934 ft) via stations at Trübsee and Stand. At Klein Titlis, we visited the illuminated Glacier Cave and Titlis Cliff Walk, the highest elevation suspension bridge in Europe, opened in December 2012, giving views across the Alps. We enjoyed walking 2 miles around scenic Trübsee, a circuit where six play stations for kids make an ideal family excursion, suitable for strollers. Scheduling 3 nights in Engelberg provided a well-needed rest break in the middle of hiking the first ten stages of the Swiss Via Alpina (National Route 1).
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  • Fürenalp gondola lift down to a PostBus to Engelberg, in Switzerland, Europe. Swiss Via Alpina (National Route 1), Day 5: From Altdorf, we rode the PostBus to Attinghausen Seilbahn, a cable car which ascends to Brüsti, from where we hiked over Surenenpass to Fürenalp cable car (8.8 miles, 3360 feet up, 2340 ft down), which we rode plus PostBus to reach Hotel Sonnwendhof in Engelberg.
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  • Milk conveyer lift. Swiss Via Alpina (National Route 1), Day 3: From Alexander´s Tödiblick hotel in Braunwald, we walked to Urnerboden (8 miles, 1080 feet up, 1000 ft down) in Switzerland, Europe. From Urnerboden, we rode the Postbus up to Hotel Klausenpass (saving 6 miles of walking).
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  • In Saas-Fee, we enjoyed sightseeing on the Spielboden-Längfluh lift. Saas-Fee is the main village in the Saastal, (Saas Valley), in the district of Visp, canton of Valais, in Switzerland, Europe. The village perches on a high mountain plateau at 1,800 meters (5,900 feet) elevation, surrounded by 13 peaks above 4,000 meters (13,123 feet). This classic ski resort features a car-free city center and well-preserved Swiss wood architecture.
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  • Our Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) trek Day 10: starting from atop the Télécabine Flégère–Les Praz lift, we hiked from La Flégère to Planpraz (3.6 miles, 940 feet ascent, 600 ft descent) to catch Le Brévent cable car for sightseeing above, then took the Télécabine Planpraz lift down to Chamonix, in France, Europe. This routing covers the main highlights of "Stage 11" (Étape 11) of the standard counterclockwise Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) but with much less effort. This hiking day on the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) is also part of the Walker’s Haute Route (from Chamonix to Zermatt).
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  • Our Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) trek Day 10: starting from atop the Télécabine Flégère–Les Praz lift, we hiked from La Flégère to Planpraz (3.6 miles, 940 feet ascent, 600 ft descent) to catch Le Brévent cable car for sightseeing above, then took the Télécabine Planpraz lift down to Chamonix, in France, Europe. This routing covers the main highlights of "Stage 11" (Étape 11) of the standard counterclockwise Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) but with much less effort. This hiking day on the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) is also part of the Walker’s Haute Route (from Chamonix to Zermatt).
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  • Modern footbridge architecture near Trient, Switzerland, Europe. Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) trek Day 9: hike from Col de la Forclaz in Switzerland via Col de Balme to Hotel de la Couronne in Argentiere, France (10 miles, 3000 feet ascent, 3835 ft descent). This hiking day on the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) is also part of the Walker’s Haute Route (from Chamonix to Zermatt).
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  • Sunrise seen from Col de la Forclaz, Switzerland, the Alps, Europe. Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) trek Day 9: hike from Col de la Forclaz in Switzerland via Col de Balme to Hotel de la Couronne in Argentiere, France (10 miles, 3000 feet ascent, 3835 ft descent). This hiking day on the Tour du Mont Blanc (TMB) is also part of the Walker’s Haute Route (from Chamonix to Zermatt).
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  • The "Télécabine Panoramic Mont-Blanc" cable car crosses 5 kilometers of the Mont Blanc Massif in France from Aiguille du Midi to Pointe Helbronner. To reach Pointe Helbronner, we used Skyway Monte Bianco cable car, where the top platform splits the border between Italy & France, and the bottom station is in La Palud village just north of Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley, Italy, Europe.
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  • The Mont Blanc massif rises above Aosta Valley, seen from Torino Refuge, a short walk from the top station of Skyway Monte Bianco, above Courmayeur, Italy, Europe. Skyway Monte Bianco cable car opened in 2015 in the Italian Alps, linking the town of Courmayeur with Pointe Helbronner on the southern side of the Mont Blanc massif.
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  • View Mont Blanc from Pointe Helbronner station of Skyway Monte Bianco cable car, Courmayeur, Italy, Europe. The Skyway Monte Bianco opened in 2015 in the Italian Alps, linking the town of Courmayeur with Pointe Helbronner on the southern side of the Mont Blanc massif.
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  • The Skyway Monte Bianco rotating gondola cable car opened in 2015 in the Italian Alps, linking the town of Courmayeur with Pointe Helbronner on the southern side of the Mont Blanc massif. Aosta Valley, Italy, Europe.
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  • Gare de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (train station), Chamonix, France, Europe.
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  • Aiguille du Midi gondola. Hike the Grand North Balcony from Plan de l'Aiguille to Montenvers, above Chamonix, in France, Europe (4.3 miles one way with 2000 feet vertical ascent and 700 ft descent).
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  • Bixby Creek Bridge (1932), Big Sur coast, California, USA. 120 miles south of San Francisco and 13 miles south of Carmel in Monterey County along State Route 1. Completed in 1932 for just over $200,000, the concrete span, one of the highest bridges of its kind in the world, soars 260 feet above the bottom of a steep canyon carved by Bixby Creek.
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  • Big Creek Bridge silhouette at sunset, Big Sur coast, State Route 1, near Lucia, California, USA. The Big Creek Bridge is an open spandrel, concrete deck arch bridge (589 feet long) on the Big Sur coast of California, along State Route 1 near Lucia. Opened for traffic in 1938, it crosses Big Creek Canyon.
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  • Willow Creek View Point & Bridge, Los Padres National Forest, California, USA. This panorama was stitched from multiple images.
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  • San Simeon Pier, William R. Hearst Memorial State Beach, California, USA
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  • 2017 shipwreck, Estero Bluffs State Park, Cayucos, California.
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  • Rusting tractor in historic Benton Hot Springs, Mono County, California, USA. Benton Hot Springs (elevation 5630 feet) saw its heyday from 1862 to 1889 as a supply center for nearby mines. At the end of the 1800s, the town declined and the name Benton was transferred to nearby Benton Station.
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  • Old rusting Dodge car in Benton Hot Springs, Mono County, California, USA. Benton Hot Springs (elevation 5630 feet) saw its heyday from 1862 to 1889 as a supply center for nearby mines. At the end of the 1800s, the town declined and the name Benton was transferred to nearby Benton Station.
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  • Rusting V8 truck with flat tire in Benton Hot Springs, Mono County, California, USA. Benton Hot Springs (elevation 5630 feet) saw its heyday from 1862 to 1889 as a supply center for nearby mines. At the end of the 1800s, the town declined and the name Benton was transferred to nearby Benton Station.
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  • See the north face of Mount Fitz Roy (3405 m or 11,171 ft elevation) and Aguja Poincenot from Ruta 23 near Lago del Desierto, in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Patagonia, South America.
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  • RV camping. The town of Villa Cerro Castillo serves as a handy base for exploring Cerro Castillo National Reserve, in Coyhaique Province, Chile, Patagonia, South America. Steep basalt walls of the mountain Cerro Castillo resemble a castle (or Castillo in Spanish). The peak is 75 km south of the city of Coyhaique along Carretera Austral (CH-7).
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  • Fog enshrouds peaks over Snaring River Overflow Campground, Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. Jasper is the largest national park in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site, honored by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • Snaring River Overflow Campground, Jasper National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada. Jasper is the largest national park in the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks World Heritage Site honored by UNESCO in 1984.
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  • A Northern Alberta Railways car has been converted to a restroom at Hythe Campground, in Hythe, Highway 43, County of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada.
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  • Old rusting Flex-Track truck at Fort Nelson Heritage Museum, 5553 Alaska Highway, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. This quirky museum features a highway construction display, pioneer artifacts, trapper's cabin, vintage autos & machinery, a white moose, and more.
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  • Old rusting Flex-Track truck at Fort Nelson Heritage Museum, 5553 Alaska Highway, Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. This quirky museum features a highway construction display, pioneer artifacts, trapper's cabin, vintage autos & machinery, a white moose, and more.
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