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View fullsize The Fountain of Neptune in Bologna in the grand plaza.. from the 16th century. The logo for Maserati cars comes from the tip of that trident! 🔱

What I’m reading,
Winter 2026:

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The Blue Squiggly Nile

December 11, 2024
Tags: cairo, river, map, desert, city

Surveying Modern Cairo

November 20, 2024
Tags: cairo, map, city, museum, railway

Absence at the Center

January 09, 2024
Tags: Japan, tokyo, map, symbols, castle, city

Map of the Togo Shrine

October 14, 2023
Tags: sacred space, map, shrine, Japan, tokyo, shinto

Subway on TikTok

September 26, 2023
Tags: tokyo, TikTok, Internet, memes, map, design

The Lincoln Trail

July 22, 2023
Tags: kentucky, democracy, Abraham LIncoln, tourism, evangelicalism, map

Extraction and Town Building

April 26, 2023
Tags: UP, city, laborers, forest, map

Bessemer in 1886

April 26, 2023
Tags: UP, city, mines, railway, map

Becoming a Hot Spot

April 21, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, map, development, city, nature, design

Come Discover

April 15, 2023
Tags: wisconsin, cave, map, nature centers, nature, children

The Measured Pond

March 21, 2023
Tags: Thoreau, lake, map, nature, love

The Lake World in 1905

February 21, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, lake, map, infrastructure, logging

The Fishing Season

February 09, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, fish, map, story, place

The Great Snowmobile Derby

February 09, 2023
Tags: Northwoods, map, guns, story, place

The Desert Crossing

November 25, 2022
Tags: Egypt, map, travel, desert, camel, transportation
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