The Poprad Lenin Statue

It might seem strange that a 16-foot tall statue of Vladimir Lenin adorns a street corner in Seattle's Fremont neighborhood, but then again, it is Fremont after all.

This impressive bronze monument did not begin it's life in Washington but ...

Monastic island

Monastery (Ukr. Monastyrsky Ostrow) — island on the Dnieper river in Dnepropetrovsk. Since the XVII century the island was called Monastery, in the nineteenth century — Burakovsky, Bogomolovskoye, 1926-2015, Komsomol.

On the island is Dnipropetrovsk zoo, ...

Square Of Maidan Heroes

2014 year.

Supporters of Euromaidan was proposed to rename the Lenin square to the Heroes square Maidan.

The renaming of the square voted 68 deputies, 16 abstentions and two against.

Also, just voted 80 ...

Kalispel Reservation (Qlispé sqlixʷúlexʷs)

The Kalispel Reservation is located near Usk and Cusick, WA (čmq̓ʷoqnú), located in the heart of the Kalispel Tribe’s territory.  The aboriginal lands of the Kalispels spanned from northeast Washington north into British Columbia and east through the Idaho panhandle ...

Kalispel Fishing (q̓q̓m̓éyeʔi)

The Kalispels are river people. Their homelands follow the Pend Oreille River and fishing is a prominent part of their traditional lifeways. Today, the fishery remains an important natural resource on the Kalispel Reservation. Each year, with the thaw of ...

Kalispel Buffalo (q̓ʷyq̓ʷay)

Well-worn paths traversed the Pend Oreille River Valley long before the first explorers passed through it.  The trails provided the Kalispel people (Qlispélixʷ) with important links to seasonal food sources, community relations, and trade.

The trail to the buffalo, a ...

Manresa Grotto (nłx̣ʷłox̣ʷ)

Manresa Grotto is a natural cave located on the Kalispel Indian Reservation north of Usk, WA, that served as a chapel for Jesuit missionaries (q̓ʷaylqs) and the Kalispel people. Measuring 75 feet wide by 50 feet long, its northwestern portal ...

Camas (Sx̣ʷéʔli)

The Kalispel Tribe’s Pend Oreille Valley homelands are rich in natural resources. The river bottoms, forested hillsides, and mountains held an abundance of game species, ranging from water fowl to caribou.

Buffalo hunts to the plains east of the continental divide ...

UNESCO World Heritage Site- Historic Centre of Siena

Siena is the embodiment of a medieval city. Its inhabitants pursued their rivalry with Florence right into the area of urban planning. Throughout the centuries, they preserved their city's Gothic appearance, acquired between the 12th and 15th centuries. During this ...

Dream Lake

With the property now in Sifford’s control, the family planned to operate the ranch as a tourist resort, providing camping spots along Hot Springs Creek where Drake had rented campsites, a limited number of rooms (in Drake’s house), meals, mineral ...