Yellowstone Gardiner or Gardner?
Why do we spell the names differently for a town and a river in the same vicinity? The river was named in the 1830s for Johnson Gardner, a rough …
Category: Vacations
IZMIR TURKEY
Izmir is the ttod-largest city in Turkey and its second-largest port. It is spread out around the shores of an extensive bay that is busy with shipping and sheltered …
Carving the Canyon
This kettle pond was formed when a glacier covering this area gouged a hole in the ground. When the glacier melted, it left sand, gravel, and boulders on the …
Sights and Attractions in Berne Switzerland
SIGHTS Barengraben (‘Bear-Pit’, in this deep circular den bears have been kept since 1480, the bear is Berne’s heraldic animal); Kafigturm (‘Cage tower’, 13th and 17th century); Minster (dedicated …
Norris Geyser Basin in the History of Yellowstone
None of the famous early expeditions visited this geyser basin. It was not until 1872 that a man named Eugene S. Topping and his companion happened to notice steam …
Map of Berne Switzerland
BERNE Legend has it that Duke Berchtold V of Zahringen, the founder of the city, named it after the first animal he killed in a great chase. He killed …
Where Are All the Yellowstone Bears Now?
This is a question rangers must hear several times a day, since for at least 50 years, you were guaranteed the opportunity to see black bears along the roads …
LONDON MAP
SIGHTS London possesses a large number of splendid buildings, squares, museums, beautiful parks and exciting, lively streets like no other city in the world. This is why we can …
Yellowstone Mammoth Hot Springs Area
NOTE: Both this Mammoth area map and the terraces map on 263 have north at the top, so they differ slightly from some ocial NPS maps. The flat grassy …
THE PRINCES ISLANDS ISTANBUL
In the Marmara southeast of Istanbul is an archipelago of nine small islands. They are famous for their beautiful pine woods, beaches and horse-drawn carriages (motor vechicles are prohibited …