01/20/2022
Prattville Alabama
Prattville was founded in 1839 by industrialist and architect Daniel Pratt
11/18/2021
Ave Maria Groto
The Ave Maria Grotto is located on the grounds of St. Bernard Abbey, the only Benedictine monastery of men in the State of Alabama. The Abbey was founded in 1891. The Grotto consists of a landscaped hillside of 125 small stone and cement structures, the handiwork of the creative genius, Brother Joseph Zoetl a monk of the Abbey for almost 70 years. A pleasant two-block pathway winds beside these miniature buildings, passing in front of a large cavern-like grotto on the lower level of the hillside. Opened in 1934 on the site of a former stone quarry used by the Abbey, the Grotto was a continuation of the work of Brother Joseph, who built his first replicas in about 1912 and his last, the miniature of the beautiful Lourdes Basilica Church, in 1958. It was constructed when he was 80 years old. Brother Joseph Zoetl was born in 1878 in the town of Landshut, Bavaria. In 1892 he came to the newly founded St. Bernard Abbey where his life was spent in prayer and in laboring. When not busy shoveling coal into the furnaces, Brother took time to construct some miniature buildings using stone, concrete, and unwanted donated materials, broken plates, costume jewelry, ceramic tile, beads, marbles, seashells, etc. Originally Brother Joseph placed his creations in the gardens near the monastery, but due to the large number of visitors coming to see them, they were moved to the present site in 1934. Brother Joseph gathered ideas for his work from extensive readings of the Bible, post cards and his vivid imagination. Of all the factual replicas constructed, he had seen only about six, those in his home town of Landshut and those at St. Bernard Abbey. All the others were constructed from photographs or from printed descriptions. Despite a lifetime of labor and frail health, Brother Joseph worked on Ave Maria Grotto until he was 80. As he says in the official guidebook, in what sounds like weary amazement “I never dreamed I would get so old.”
11/18/2021
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
Huntsville is home to the largest space museum in the world: the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. Not only is America’s space program on exhibit in Huntsville, it was forged in Huntsville. They are known as the “Rocket City” because Huntsville, Alabama is where rockets were developed that put men on the moon. See incredible artifacts from the nation’s space program, hands-on interactive exhibits and space travel simulators. Dare to open your imagination and dream of the possibilities of other life in space and picture yourself traveling worlds away.
10/24/2021
Whale Watching “Monterey”
Discovery Whale Watch in Wharf Monterey is by far one of the coolest adventures in California. You have to be there to actually understand sheer size and dominance of these majestic creatures. Monterey is an underwater treasure that I believe everyone should experience.
11/04/2020
Lux
Sunset Tower in L.A. is the Location of Lucifer Morningstar’s LUX club and penthouse.
02/25/2019
Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a rugged, rainforested Central American country with coastlines on the Caribbean and Pacific.
06/17/2018
Taj Mahal “India”
The Taj Mahal is an ivory white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra.
05/28/2018
Egyptian Pyramids “Egypt”
The Egyptian pyramids are ancient pyramid shaped masonry structures located in Egypt.
05/20/2018
Eiffel Tower “Paris”
The Eiffel Tower is a wrought iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower.
05/17/2018
Kelimutu Crater Lake “Indonesia”
Kelimutu is a volcano, close to the small town of Moni in central Flores island in Indonesia.
04/28/2018
Portland Japanese Garden “Oregon”
The tree is one species among many at the Portland Japanese Garden in Oregon, a 5.5-acre showplace meant to evoke the gardens of an estate in pre-modern Japan.
04/22/2018
The Yellowstone Super Volcano “Wyoming”
The Yellowstone Caldera is the volcanic caldera and supervolcano located in Yellowstone National Park in the United States, sometimes referred to as the Yellowstone Super Volcano.
04/17/2018
Mirror Lake “Yosemite National Park”
Mirror Lake is a small seasonal lake located on Tenaya Creek in Yosemite National Park.
04/07/2018
Avshalom Cave “Israel”
Avshalom Cave is 83 m long, 60 m wide and 15 m high on the western side of Mt.Ye’ela, in the Judean hills, Israel. It is unique for its dense concentration of stalactites.
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